That's fine, but I don't get why you'd ding the product because you want something that's not technologically possible at this particular moment. It's like bashing current SSDs because they don't offer a petabyte of storage with one terabyte/second transfer rates for $10.
And I say this as someone who waited three years for the Retina Display before buying an iPad. I get where you're coming from, but the lack of a Retina Display doesn't hurt the Mini.
We have very different understanding of the word "ding". Saying I wish it had a retina screen is hardly a ding. I happen to have spent money on this device as well as an iPad 3. Once you use a retina display it is hard to go back to lesser. I use my iPads every day, for work and otherwise, and for many hours a day. I want a retina screen. I fully understand why it is not here and I even believe that Apple would have included it if they could have. The day they release a mini with a retina screen will be the day I buy one. Simple.