Star Apple Launches Intel Mac Mini
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 28th Feb 2006 18:51 UTC
Apple At a special press event today, Apple introduced various new products. Besides the usual iPod/iTunes chit-chatter, they introduced a new Mac Mini with either a dual-core or single-core Intel processor. The new Mini sports the same form factor as the old one, and comes with an improved Front Row (support for playing streamed content using Bonjour), TV-out, and more. Note: Thanks go out to iLounge, MacCentral, and Engadget for providing live feeds.
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RE[2]: Rip off!
by Moulinneuf on Tue 28th Feb 2006 20:24 UTC in reply to "RE: Rip off!"
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RE[3]: Rip off!
by Tom K on Tue 28th Feb 2006 21:48 in reply to "RE[2]: Rip off!"
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2005-07-06

Yeah, and now compare the specs/price vs. the Mac Mini -- not to mention the fact that the Mini is still better looking.

Oh, and you get OS X and a truckload of other great software. What do you get with the AOpen? A Windows XP Home and Norton Anti-virus bundle?

Please.

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RE[4]: Rip off!
by Moulinneuf on Tue 28th Feb 2006 22:09 in reply to "RE[3]: Rip off!"
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2005-07-06

In last year hardware spec the Mac mini add the advantage of graphic card. This year that advantage is lost.

I whas replying to this :

"can I build a Windows ... it's uber-expensive."

I have to agree that on this year model with :

Software

* Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools)

* iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand), Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork (30-day trial), Quicken 2006 for Macintosh, Big Bang Board Games, Comic Life, Omni Outliner, and Apple Hardware Test

* Front Row

Its a really great offer , but you whont get me to agree that windows/linux counterpart on hardware are twice that price.

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RE[3]: Rip off!
by rayiner on Tue 28th Feb 2006 22:05 in reply to "RE[2]: Rip off!"
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2005-07-06

The machines you pointed to are both lower-specced than the new Mac Mini (no dual core on the top model), and more expensive.

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RE[4]: Rip off!
by Moulinneuf on Tue 28th Feb 2006 22:10 in reply to "RE[3]: Rip off!"
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Its last year models , its not an uber difference.

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RE[3]: Rip off!
by Dullin on Tue 28th Feb 2006 22:39 in reply to "RE[2]: Rip off!"
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2006-02-28

Both of those are higer priced than the mac mini with a lot less features (wifi, bluethoot, second processor) so I don't see why you would want to point those out.

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