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It's almost exactly the same size. The deck height is precisely the same. It's a few inches shorter and wider overall. Screen is 18" versus 24" but the mini screen can be rotated and for the portrait aspect, the playable area is actually bigger than the full size which can't be rotated. Not really a space saver. But not a real detriment IMO especially at this price point
Got this after looking at the Ultimate full size and the Simpson's Arcade1up machine. By going with this one, I don't have to add an extra board to get hdmi, which is awesome.
Also, I was able to sign up for a Sam's membership for $25 through a Retail Me Not link that took me to the Sam's website.
Got this after looking at the Ultimate full size and the Simpson's Arcade1up machine. By going with this one, I don't have to add an extra board to get hdmi, which is awesome.
Also, I was able to sign up for a Sam's membership for $25 through a Retail Me Not link that took me to the Sam's website.
Regular Sam's membership is the Plus version that gives you free shipping for this cab?
Already jumped on the ultimate version but this just keeps tempting me- that must have thousands of these in a warehouse. Wonder if we will see even lower…
It's almost exactly the same size. The deck height is precisely the same. It's a few inches shorter and wider overall. Screen is 18" versus 24" but the mini screen can be rotated and for the portrait aspect, the playable area is actually bigger than the full size which can't be rotated. Not really a space saver. But not a real detriment IMO especially at this price point
Thanks for the deck height info!
Since the full size ALU was OOS (I missed that deal while debating andc forgot to come back to it before it went OOS) and since and the ALU Mini had dropped to $199, I ordered the Mini a couple of days ago from the other Slickdeals ALU thread(s) where the price drop to $199 was noted.
Side note -
Had a lot of problems with the initial ALU Mini order showing up under my account on the web site, even though I had received an email confirmation:
On one PC (where I had ordered it) it showed up EVENTUALLY (well over an hour) when logging in / logging out, closing browser etc.; however on another PC the order did not, even after several hours!
Contacted support via chat and they said they could not find the order / it was not a valid order #, even after I pasted the order confirmation email content with the order # and quadruple checked it! They escalated to another team.
When I logged out / closed browser, the site worked a bit better, but at times it still did not display my order correctly.
So to be safe (not wanting to get screwed if the order had not properly registered), I ended up canceling the original order (how could the order be invalid if I was able to cancel ) and reordering before it went OOS.
My only concern now is that they raised it to another support team (with a 1 to 2 day SLA or so) when they could not figure out the issue, so I hope the Level 2 / Tier 2 support does not screw anything up.
The good thing is I gave the old order #, so I doubt they would cancel the new order without checking.
Will see.
I just wish the Mini had a trackball and spinner like the ALU.
This also qualifies for R... CB; only 1% but got $4 or $4.50 back ($2 or $2,50 for $25 Sam's Club membership purchase and $1.99 CB for purchasing the ALU Mini itself).
Was on the fence after missing the full size…..was looking at this last night and fell asleep. Saw it was out of stock this morning, darn it…..clicked the link anyway and got the last one!!…..
It's almost exactly the same size. The deck height is precisely the same. It's a few inches shorter and wider overall. Screen is 18" versus 24" but the mini screen can be rotated and for the portrait aspect, the playable area is actually bigger than the full size which can't be rotated. Not really a space saver. But not a real detriment IMO especially at this price point
The height is the only dimension that is nearly the same, the width and depth are quite a bit smaller than the pro:
Mini:
19.21" x 17.79" x 61.81"
55 lbs
Pro:
29.53" x 21.65" x 66.44"
81.4 lbs
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FYI shows $20 shipping for me as a non-plus member
FYI shows $20 shipping for me as a non-plus member
Also, I was able to sign up for a Sam's membership for $25 through a Retail Me Not link that took me to the Sam's website.
Also, I was able to sign up for a Sam's membership for $25 through a Retail Me Not link that took me to the Sam's website.
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This can be modified to add 1000s of games, the emulator on this is very good. Look for the SAUCE online
Thanks for the deck height info!
Since the full size ALU was OOS (I missed that deal while debating andc forgot to come back to it before it went OOS) and since and the ALU Mini had dropped to $199, I ordered the Mini a couple of days ago from the other Slickdeals ALU thread(s) where the price drop to $199 was noted.
Side note -
Had a lot of problems with the initial ALU Mini order showing up under my account on the web site, even though I had received an email confirmation:
On one PC (where I had ordered it) it showed up EVENTUALLY (well over an hour) when logging in / logging out, closing browser etc.; however on another PC the order did not, even after several hours!
Contacted support via chat and they said they could not find the order / it was not a valid order #, even after I pasted the order confirmation email content with the order # and quadruple checked it! They escalated to another team.
When I logged out / closed browser, the site worked a bit better, but at times it still did not display my order correctly.
So to be safe (not wanting to get screwed if the order had not properly registered), I ended up canceling the original order (how could the order be invalid if I was able to cancel
My only concern now is that they raised it to another support team (with a 1 to 2 day SLA or so) when they could not figure out the issue, so I hope the Level 2 / Tier 2 support does not screw anything up.
The good thing is I gave the old order #, so I doubt they would cancel the new order without checking.
Will see.
I just wish the Mini had a trackball and spinner like the ALU.
This also qualifies for R... CB; only 1% but got $4 or $4.50 back ($2 or $2,50 for $25 Sam's Club membership purchase and $1.99 CB for purchasing the ALU Mini itself).
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Mini:
19.21" x 17.79" x 61.81"
55 lbs
Pro:
29.53" x 21.65" x 66.44"
81.4 lbs
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