how small?
The new Mac mini is just as small as its predecessor, only with more
power, more features and more expandability.
Mac mini is small enough spark your imagination and powerful enough for
your work. It's been shoehorned into old Mac cases, installed in place
of car radios, turned into home media centres, high density servers and
has even driven a car across a desert without human intervention. Seems
a little unambitious to just have it lying on your desk.
features
- tiny footprint - 16.5cm x 16.5cm x 5cm
- weighs only 1.3kg
- 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo or 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
- fastest performance with Universal applications
- Rosetta translation technology for older applications
- 512Mb of memory, expandable up to 2Gb
- Intel GMA950 graphics processor taking 64Mb of shared
memory for screens up to 1920x1200 (DVI) or 1920x1080 (VGA)
- DVI (digital) video port with VGA (analogue) adaptor.
Suitable for use with HDTVs
- gigabit ethernet for fast networking
- built in Airport Extreme (Wi-Fi 802.11g type) and Bluetooth
2 (Enhanced Data Rate)
- Firewire 400 port for digital video or external hard disks
- 4 USB 2 ports
- analogue and optical digital audio ports
- Apple Remote control with Front Row media centre
- Mac OS X Tiger - advanced and easy to use operating system
these Mac minis cannot run old
software in Mac OS 9 or Classic mode. Some software may run at slightly
slower speeds due to the Rosetta translation
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Mac mini includes Front Row,
the media centre allowing easy access to your music, photos and films.
the Apple Remote puts it all at your fingertips with its menu controls
based on the legendary iPod. All
integrated with the iTunes Music Store, with millions of audio tracks
and thousands of videos and whole TV series to download... not to
mention your own CD and DVD collections.
add your favourite way of receiving TV with one of elgato's eyeTV
tuners, and a great speaker system, and enjoy!
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build your own
as if telling you about the weird and wonderful things other people
have done with their Mac minis isn't enough... everyone gets to build
their own customised system! Mac mini comes without a keyboard, mouse
or display so you can use your own.
we recommend...
- old CRT monitors (the ones that aren't flat). It is more
environmentally friendly to keep using them till they break as they
cannot be recycled. However, you will need to colour calibrate the
display more often
get the party started
you didn't think we'd leave you in the lurch with no software?
Mac mini comes pre loaded with what you need to get started with
enjoying and producing digital media with a range of software easy
enough for home use, and powerful enough for the seasoned amateur or
fledgling professional
- Mac OS X Tiger - advanced operating system including Mail
(with anti-spam filter), Address Book & iCal (for managing contacts
and calendars between your Mac mini, mobile phone and iPod), Spotlight
(advanced searching) and even a full suite of software development tools
- iLife 06 - iMovie 6 (standard and high definition video
editing with many plugins available), iPhoto 6 (fast photo management
and editing, GarageBand 3 (semi professional music production), iDVD
(DVD creation) and iWeb (create websites, blogs and online galleries)
- Big Bang Board Games
- Comic Life (comic creation tool)
- OmniOutliner (ideas organiser - we use this a lot!)
- iWork 06 trial (Pages for reports and newsletters, Keynote
for presentations)
- Microsoft Office 2004 trial (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Entourage (Outlook))
As well as the thousands of commercial applications available for the
Mac, there is a mind boggling array of free software available. In
fact, we'll send you some of our favourites to get you started.
there's only one Mac mini
...but two standard configurations, with either a Core Solo or Core Duo
(dual core) processor
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Intel Core Solo 1.5GHz
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Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz
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hard disk
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60Gb |
80Gb |
optical drive
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DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
reads DVDs, writes CD-Rs and CD-RWs
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DVD SuperDrive
reads DVDs
writes DVD+R dual layer
DVD±R, DVD±RW, CD-R and CD-RW
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£449 |
£599 |
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