I don't know even know why they carry the premium over a regular model m.
its probably not helping that we keep drawing attention to the minis in threads like these, lol.
we should talk up the virtues of the regular m instead, even the prices out a bit
So who wants to praise the unappreciated old numeric keypad?
advantages:
-really nice to type in numbers.
-if you've got numbers to type, cant beat having the numpad
-yup, whehter you're doing excel spreadsheets or simply typing in your phone number or visa card, that numpad is there to
serve you
-if you're a righty, its right there on the right side of the board
-can double as a pop-up calculator with a simple autohotkey script (as mine does: when I hit the numlock button, calc.exe pops up; when i hit numlock again, calc disappears).
-yup, nuthin' beats it for numbers. Much more convenient than the shift-scrolllock nonsense on the mini.