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Apple Intel Mac mini hands on
Did The Mac mini Get Better or Worse?
Apple Intros Expensive Intel Mac Minis
Jobs unveils Intel-based Mac mini
Apple launches new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi
Mac mini Goes Intel
Apple Intel Mac mini hands on
Engadget's Ryan Block reports:
Meet the new Mac mini, same as the old Mac mini -- we could go on and on about its new ports, faster processor, etc., but we all know it's an Intel Mac mini, that's it and that's all. Click on to see some more shots.
You can check it out at:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/28/apple-intel-mac-mini-hands-on/
Did The Mac mini Get Better or Worse?
applexnet.com's CG5Addict says:
Now we get to my headline.... the Mac Mini. Now I don't have my hands on one, but reading the spec's I was smiling for a while:.....
Then I got to the specs on the graphics card. Hold on, there is none, well not one you want anyway. It has a Intel integrated graphics processor. A GMA950 graphics processor to be exact, with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory. Ya shared. According to Apple's website, Memory available to Mac OS X may vary depending on graphics needs. Minimum graphics memory usage is 80MB, resulting in 432MB of system memory available.
Meaning when you buy this Mac, you better max it out with memory (not from Apple unless you want to pay $300) because working with iMove or iDVD will bring up that beach ball we all hate if you don't.
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http://applexnet.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1742
Apple Intros Expensive Intel Mac Minis
INQUIRER staff reports:
Can it any coincidence that just months before Apple announced Intel-based machines in January 2006, it hired away Cameron Rogers, a clever marketing guy who used to work at Shuttle, a Taiwanese firm which pioneered the lunch box?
We don't think so.
Anyroadmap, Apple today introduced Mac Mini little PCs which also use the Intel Core Solo and Dual processors - with the cheaper one costing a rather heart fibrillating $600 if you add the extra $1 draper's disease tax.
Apple claims Intel chips give four times more "horsepower" than the stuff it used to bung inside its Mac Minis.
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29969
Jobs unveils Intel-based Mac mini
money.cnn.com's Amanda Cantrell and Patrick Baltatzis, Business 2.0 magazine report:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday unveiled the latest line of Macs to get Intel processors, the low-cost mini desktop line, in a clear bid to reach consumers in their living rooms.
Speaking at a news briefing at Apple headquarters in California, Jobs said Apple's new minis will contain Intel's (Research) Core processor, a remote control, as well as high-end digital video and audio outputs that allow the machines to connect to digital TVs.
"Today's news was basically an expansion of Apple's digital home strategy," said Sam Bhavnani, principal analyst for the mobile computing and electronics group at research firm Current Analysis. "In the 1980s, Sony had a stronghold in terms of consumer electronics. Now Apple is doing the same thing."
For the full report, visit here.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/28/technology/apple_announcement/index.htm
Apple launches new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi
CNET News.com's Ina Fried reports:
Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced its third Intel-based Mac, a revamped version of its petite Mac Mini.
The new Mac Mini will be available, starting immediately, in two models. The low-end model sells for $599 and comes with a 1.5GHz Intel Solo single-core chip, a 60GB hard drive and a combo drive that can play DVDs and burn CDs.
The higher-end version will sell for $799. It comes with a dual-core 1.67GHz Core Duo processor, an 80GB hard drive and a SuperDrive that burns CDs and DVDs.
Both models come with 512MB of memory, Gigabit Ethernet networking, FireWire ports and four USB ports.
For the full report, visit here.
Mac mini Goes Intel
Macworld's Karen Haslam reports:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced the availability of a Intel powered Mac mini, confirming that "Fifty per cent of our entire product line is now available with Intel processors, in less than sixty days."
The entry level 1.5GHz Mac mini with 667MHz bus, 512MB RAM, 60GB hard drive and Combo CD/DVD, features Intel's Core Solo CPU rather than the Core Duo CPU found in the new iMac and MacBook Pro. A dual core Mac mini is also available, however, and will feature the Core Duo chip. This 1.67GHz version features a 80GB hard disk and 8x SuperDrive.
The new Mac mini appears to have the same form-factor. According to Apple the 1.5GHz version is 2.5x faster on integer calculations and 3.2x faster in floating point calculations than its predecessor. The 1.67 version is said to be 4.8x faster in integer calculations and 5.5x times faster in floating point calculations than it's predecessor.
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13970
Charles W. Moore
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