The new Mac mini Core Duo 2

Oxford · External Since: May 01, 2007 Posts: 47

something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
new Mac mini.

http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html

sweet specs for the price....

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

Enjoy!

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KDT · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 7

On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm....RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:
> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -

The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard, mouse, 20"
monitor, 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,

dapunka · External Since: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 126

On 7 Aug, 20:35, Oxford <colalovesm... RemoveThis @mac.com> wrote:
> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -

Like we care in COLA about your little apples. (crab apples?)

Follow-up changed to the apple fan club

PC Guy · External Since: Jun 17, 2007 Posts: 4

"Oxford" <colalovesmacs DeleteThis @mac.com> wrote in message
news:colalovesmacs-A469FF.13350207082007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

What's the price? Are you assuming it is going to remain the same? Not sure
that's a good assumption as today it just became more expensive to own an
iMac.

Oxford · External Since: May 01, 2007 Posts: 47

KDT <scarface_74.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > new Mac mini.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
> >
> > sweet specs for the price....
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > -
>
> The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard, mouse, 20"
> monitor, 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,

but only about 12 times larger. Poor KDT, never understands the finer
details.

PC Guy · External Since: Jun 17, 2007 Posts: 4

"KDT" <scarface_74.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1186518661.312963.320130@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm....RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:
>> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
>> new Mac mini.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>>
>> sweet specs for the price....
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -
>
> The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard, mouse, 20"
> monitor, 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,

Why are you using the top end Mini instead of the entry level?

Steve Hix · External Since: Feb 26, 2005 Posts: 22

In article <1186518661.312963.320130.TakeThisOut@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
KDT <scarface_74.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm....TakeThisOut@mac.com> wrote:
> > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > new Mac mini.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
> >
> > sweet specs for the price....
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > -
>
> The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard,

but if you already have a keyboard...

> mouse,

or mouse...

> 20" monitor,

or monitor...

> 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,

If you really *need* all this, you need something other than a Mini.
It's not all that likely that you're going to find a PC with all the
spec'd items you list for the same price as a Mini, is it?

Or... "Boy, that iMac is looking like a great deal!"

Old_CSMAer · External Since: Aug 07, 2007 Posts: 1

In article
<colalovesmacs-A469FF.13350207082007.RemoveThis@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net>,
Oxford <colalovesmacs.RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:

> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> Enjoy!

I'm really happy they did not kill off the Mini. It's great in a Mac
business environment.

Sure hope they go to the GMA 965 graphics board next time around. The
950 is looking pretty dated.

Oxford · External Since: May 01, 2007 Posts: 47

Old_CSMAer <OldDog.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.com> wrote:

> Oxford <colalovesmacs.RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > new Mac mini.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
> >
> > sweet specs for the price....
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
> >
> > Enjoy!
>
> I'm really happy they did not kill off the Mini. It's great in a Mac
> business environment.
>
> Sure hope they go to the GMA 965 graphics board next time around. The
> 950 is looking pretty dated.

yeah, but it's still a pretty beefy machine for the price. no pc can
match it in size, quietness, price, software selection, etc. so Apple
once again has a category winner.

http://www.apple.com/macmini/design.html

the new pricing matrix (no tax) should inflow by tomorrow.

http://www.pcprices.net/macmini.shtml

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KDT · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 7

On Aug 7, 4:45 pm, Oxford <colalovesm... RemoveThis @mac.com> wrote:
> KDT <scarface... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > > new Mac mini.
>
> > >http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> > > sweet specs for the price....
>
> > >http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> > > Enjoy!
>
> > > -
>
> > The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> > you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard, mouse, 20"
> > monitor, 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> > extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> > firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,
>
> but only about 12 times larger. Poor KDT, never understands the finer
> details.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You do realize that I have a G4 Mac Mini connected to my HDTV right
now, don't you?

But it is still a horrible value for anything else besides an HTPC.
You really give Mac users a bad name.

If I didn't already have one, I would definately buy one for just
that purpose but I couldn't recommend it to anyone for any other
purpose. Even if they do already have a nice monitor, I would still
tell them to get the lowend iMac and use the monitor for nice dual
display setup.

KDT · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 7

On Aug 7, 4:54 pm, "PC Guy" <pc....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "KDT" <scarface....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1186518661.312963.320130@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm....TakeThisOut@mac.com> wrote:
> >> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> >> new Mac mini.
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> >> sweet specs for the price....
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> >> Enjoy!
>
> >> -
>
> > The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> > you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard, mouse, 20"
> > monitor, 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> > extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> > firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,
>
> Why are you using the top end Mini instead of the entry level?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Because that comes closest to the spec of the lowend iMac. If you go
with the lowend Mac Mini, you lose the DVD-RW, a little hard drive
space -- really not that big of a deal, I would add a Ministack hard
drive anyway, and a little speed.

KDT · External Since: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 7

On Aug 7, 6:49 pm, Steve Hix <se... DeleteThis @NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID> wrote:
> In article <1186518661.312963.320... DeleteThis @g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> KDT <scarface... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm... DeleteThis @mac.com> wrote:
> > > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > > new Mac mini.
>
> > >http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> > > sweet specs for the price....
>
> > >http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> > > Enjoy!
>
> > > -
>
> > The Mac Mini is still the worse value in Apple's line-up for $400 more
> > you can get a 20" iMac which includes the keyboard,
>
> but if you already have a keyboard...

a USB keyboard is what $20?

>
> > mouse,

>
> or mouse...

a *good* USB Mouse $40?

>
> > 20" monitor,
>
> or monitor...

I haven't worked on a computer with just one monitor for years. At
home my primary computer is a laptop with an external monitor with
monitor spanning and at work I have a desktop with a dual head video
card. I would connect the monitor and use the iMac in monitor
spanning mode. The only computer I use with one display is my Mac
Mini -- and that display is a 32" LCD HDTV. The Mac Mini is
basically only used for an HTPC.

>
> > 130GB of extra hard drive space, a faster hard drive, an
> > extra 2MB L2 cache, a 128MB ATI Radeon versus integrated graphics,
> > firewire 800 vs firewire 400, 802.11n versus 802.11g,
>
> If you really *need* all this, you need something other than a Mini.
> It's not all that likely that you're going to find a PC with all the
> spec'd items you list for the same price as a Mini, is it?

I wasn't comparing it to a PC...I was comparing it to the much better
valued iMac.

>
> Or... "Boy, that iMac is looking like a great deal!"- Hide quoted text -

I agree completely.

>
> - Show quoted text -

Alan Baker · External Since: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 51

In article <iKCdnaGKPPukTSXbnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d.TakeThisOut@comcast.com>,
"PC Guy" <pcguy.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Oxford" <colalovesmacs.TakeThisOut@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:colalovesmacs-A469FF.13350207082007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
> > something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> > new Mac mini.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
> >
> > sweet specs for the price....
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> What's the price? Are you assuming it is going to remain the same? Not sure
> that's a good assumption as today it just became more expensive to own an
> iMac.

It's the same price.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

John Bailo, Texeme.Constr · External Since: Jun 19, 2007 Posts: 70

On Aug 7, 12:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm....TakeThisOut@mac.com> wrote:
> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -

Apple people are like spoilt children.

One week it's the iPhone "taking over communications".

Then it's completely forgotten and sudden it's the mac mini -- in
brushed aluminum!

No wonder the business community ignores Apple and is focusing on
Novell.

John · External Since: Nov 15, 2006 Posts: 2

"John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <jabailo RemoveThis @texeme.com> wrote in message
news:1186521446.393423.233060@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 7, 12:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm... RemoveThis @mac.com> wrote:
>> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
>> new Mac mini.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>>
>> sweet specs for the price....
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -
>
> Apple people are like spoilt children.
>
> One week it's the iPhone "taking over communications".
>
> Then it's completely forgotten and sudden it's the mac mini -- in
> brushed aluminum!
>
>
> No wonder the business community ignores Apple and is focusing on
> Novell.
>
>

Focusing on Novell? On what planet?

The Ghost In The Machine · External Since: Aug 04, 2005 Posts: 3878

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, John
<nospam DeleteThis @nospam.com>
wrote
on Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:19:28 -0700
<QOydnSZRardnfCXbnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d DeleteThis @netlojix.com>:
>
> "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <jabailo DeleteThis @texeme.com> wrote in message
> news:1186521446.393423.233060@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> On Aug 7, 12:35 pm, Oxford <colalovesm... DeleteThis @mac.com> wrote:
>>> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
>>> new Mac mini.
>>>
>>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>>>
>>> sweet specs for the price....
>>>
>>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>>
>>> -
>>
>> Apple people are like spoilt children.
>>
>> One week it's the iPhone "taking over communications".
>>
>> Then it's completely forgotten and sudden it's the mac mini -- in
>> brushed aluminum!
>>
>>
>> No wonder the business community ignores Apple and is focusing on
>> Novell.
>>
>>
>
>
> Focusing on Novell? On what planet?
>

Well, when the moon's in the seventh house and
Jupiter aligns with Mars, things get very strange
here in COLA...

Smile

In any event, ideally everyone would be focusing on
Microsoft...and not in a good way. Apple in this context
is a bit of the underdog...but I am wondering what kind
of games we'd have to play under their rule, if they --
somehow -- top a certain Washington-based corporation.

Can I buy an iMac without OSX?

--
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Windows Vista. It'll Fix Everything(tm).

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Gene Jones · External Since: Aug 07, 2007 Posts: 1

The Ghost In The Machine <ewill.TakeThisOut@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

> Can I buy an iMac without OSX?

sure, OSX comes free with every Mac so you don't purchase in the first
place.

Tim Smith · External Since: Apr 26, 2004 Posts: 2610

On 2007-08-07, dapunka <dapunka.DeleteThis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Like we care in COLA about your little apples. (crab apples?)

It's as on-topic for this group as the PS3 posts of Roy and Mark--some
people do run Linux on their Mac Mini.

Rick · External Since: Aug 02, 2004 Posts: 792

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:35:02 -0600, Oxford wrote:

> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
> new Mac mini.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>
> sweet specs for the price....
>
> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -
Linux comes pre-installed?

--
Rick

waterskidoo · External Since: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 308

On 2007-08-07, dapunka <dapunka.RemoveThis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 7 Aug, 20:35, Oxford <colalovesm....RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:
>> something that got missed in all of today's big news is Apple released a
>> new Mac mini.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/intel.html
>>
>> sweet specs for the price....
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -
>
> Like we care in COLA about your little apples. (crab apples?)
>
> Follow-up changed to the apple fan club

Duh, they run Linux.