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Appleinsider: new mac mini, sorta

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berol

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"Mac mini SuperDrive Ultimate"
1.42GHz G4 processor
512MB of RAM
Superdrive
built-in Bluetooth
AirPort wireless connectivity
Mac OS X 10.4
$873

If true, all Apple did was take an existing built-to-order combo, named it, and kept the same price. No hardware was upgraded.
(edit: dead link) http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1045
 
They're making it easier to buy loaded minis, or entice people towards them. I wish it had a better GPU, tho.
 
When I bought my Mini, that is what they called it. I told them I wanted the 1.42gHz machine with APE and BT and they said they only had the Ultimate Mini with the 512 RAM as well. So of course, I got that as well. Great machine, I love it. Hope they sell a ton more. Maybe people will think they are getting a bargain or something.
 
Why don't they just sell a 1.67ghz with 1gb ram and 100gb 5400 HD for $999? I would buy that. These minis next year wil will be packed with goodies. This is the first run of minis and they just want to see if they will be a hit or not and since they are a HIT expect better specs shortly. DUAL CORE MINIS WITH RADEON 9700 Pro 128mb video cards please. :)
 
MacTruck said:
They sell those at the apple store now.
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Appleinsider musta figured that out, cuz they removed the story. *erase thread*
 
Here's macosrumors' latest guess on mac minis, not necessarily all features being in the next version.

*1.42 & 1.67GHz G4's
*256MB RAM on the motherboard, frees RAM slots for another 2GB
*GeForce FX 5200 (or similar) 64MB
*digital optical audio output
*options: dual-layer Superdrive, future 108Mbps Airport Extreme
*around mid-July
http://www.macosrumors.com/20050429.php
 
Flowbee said:
That's the machine I bought tonight at the Tiger launch. Saved $87 and it included a Tiger disk. :cool:
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Just out of curiousity, was it pre-installed, did the disk come in the box (but Panther was pre-installed), did the store give you the disk separately, or do you mean the Up-To-Date $10 thing?
 
sk8erboy said:
should we count on seeing a g5 mini before 2006?
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I would be surprised if a G5 is in a mini by WWDC of 2006. I think the G4 is powerful enough for the market it is aimed at and it should have enough life in it for 2 or 3 more upgrades. My guess for the next update is 1.33 and 1.5 Ghz, 5200 with 64 MB VRAM, 512 RAM (possibly 256 on motherboard and 256 in a slot giving it a higher RAM limit as berol said), optional Dual Layer burner, and APE and BT.

After that I think they'll go possibly ATI 9600 graphics card (hopefully 128 VRAM) and 1.5 and 1.67 Ghz processor. Then they might go to 1.67 and 1.8/1.9 Ghz with the G4 but they could put the G5 in by then at 1.8 and 2 Ghz.

Hopefully the Power Mac will be at 3 Ghz by then. :p ;)
 
mkrishnan said:
Just out of curiousity, was it pre-installed, did the disk come in the box (but Panther was pre-installed), did the store give you the disk separately, or do you mean the Up-To-Date $10 thing?
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With mine it had a Tiger "CPU drop-in kit" taped to the outside of the Mac mini's box. Basically it's the Tiger install DVD with the accompanying documentation sealed in a cellophane type sleeve. It was included at no additional charge to all that bought any new Mac last night. The actual system itself had Panther pre-installed, so I had to use the disc to upgrade it to Tiger once I got it home.
 
I'm expecting the move to G5's when switchers won't buy a mini without it and G5's run cooler/cheaper. That might not be until G6's are in powermacs.
 
Lancetx said:
With mine it had a Tiger "CPU drop-in kit" taped to the outside of the Mac mini's box. Basically it's the Tiger install DVD with the accompanying documentation sealed in a cellophane type sleeve. It was included at no additional charge to all that bought any new Mac last night. The actual system itself had Panther pre-installed, so I had to use the disc to upgrade it to Tiger once I got it home.
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That was a nice unadvertised bonus! :D
 
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