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Apple introduces Mac mini. New member of Mac family Slot-load Combo optical drive. Play DVDs, burn CDs. Queit. Tiny, FireWire, ethernet, USB 2.o, both DVI/VGA output. Very tine. Height is half the size of an iPod mini. BYODKM. Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, Mouse. Firs tone is $499: 1.25GHz 256MB/40GB More memory and larger hard drive for $599. Will ship on January 22. Ships in a box smaller than the regular iPod box.
I'm ordering one as soon as I can.
More details to follow.
wud love to see this. anyone got any piccies?
It's from £339
macmini
site is under HEAVY load atm.
can't seem to access the uk store :/
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Introducing the Mac mini. Everything you need — and not an ounce more — to enjoy digital photos, music and movies. Get a fast G4 processor, slot-loading CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive and a reliable operating system in a body just 16.5 centimetres square and just over 5 centimetres tall. Simply add monitor, keyboard and mouse. You’ll be organising music and photos, composing tunes and editing movies with iLife ’05 in no time. Surf the Internet with the peace of mind of the secure and stable UNIX-based Mac OS X operating system. And since Mac mini can do wireless, you don’t even have to put it near a phone jack. Configure your Mac mini with an AirPort Extreme Card, hook up an AirPort Express to your ADSL connection or cable modem, and start surfing and printing wirelessly. Using AirPort Express and AirTunes, you can even listen to tunes from your Mac mini on speakers in a different room. Starting at just £339 (UK) / €519 (Ireland). .
Configurations 1.25GHz Mac mini 1.42GHz Mac mini
Model M9686B/A M9687B/A
Processor 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 1.42GHz PowerPC G4
Memory 256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SRAM, supports up to 1GB
Graphics ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
Hard drive1 40GB Ultra ATA1 80GB Ultra ATA1
Optical drive Slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ports One FireWire 400 port; two USB 2.0 ports; DVI output; VGA output (adaptor included)
Networking Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem3
Wireless AirPort Extreme option (based on 802.11g specification; IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi certified)4; internal Bluetooth module available as build-to-order option
Audio Headphone/audio line out
System software Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther”, includes Classic environment, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, QuickTime, iSync, iCal
Software iLife ‘05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and GarageBand), AppleWorks, Nanosaur 2, Marble Blast Gold and Apple Hardware Test
Limited warranty and service Your Mac mini comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan to extend your service and support to three full years. Only the AppleCare Protection Plan provides you with direct telephone support from Apple technical experts and the assurance that repairs will be handled by Apple-certified technicians using genuine Apple parts. For more information, visit Apple support or call 0870 876 0753 (UK) or 1850 946 191 (Ireland).
339 is quite dissappointing tbh
aye - 300 or sub 300 would have been excellent
300 would have been a fair price I think.
I'm not so disappointed. I reckon this could be the killer box for apple, it's a great treat for potential switchers and iPod lovers. This could well be my first Apple purchase - a SFF Unix box, Mac OS X... I'll definately get the bluetooth upgrade and 512Mb in there, top that with a KVM and it looks ready to rock.
I also imagine that some clever modder will build it into a PC case too as some kind of freaky multiplatform box (hook up a DVD RW drive to it via usb2 and the job's half done).
I'll always love PC's more, but I'd love to just play with one of these.
Ruairi
I wouldn't bet on that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by rc55
it's a pretty cute SFF machine, would make for a tidy little networked xvid player
hmmm, would make a good carPC too.
imagine, shuttle + this little beast and my iBook G4, i'll be set :D
what are you talking about, it'll be sub £300 soon, just wait a few months (it'll be sub £300 for students and the tax free places now)
WAHOO :D
Under £300 for me. Yay!
And anyone else employed by JLP, 2 year warranty as well.
Who are JLP?