Filed under: Accessories, Analysis / Opinion, Mac mini
Mac mini power adapter is just an adapter
Well you may accuse me of being a bit of a spoilsport, but I don't think the Mac mini power adapter recently being added on The Apple Store is anything more than a 50 dollar power cord. No, Apple Insider, I don't think this is foreshadowing anything at all. If anything, Apple will probably just release Front Row for all Mac models and leave it at that. You want to rumor monger? Fine. Go pontificate about what we'll see in an Intel flavor in January.
Update: Apparently Apple Insider took down their post about the adapter. Move along now, nothing to see.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Don Wilson said 8:28PM on 12-05-2005
Is Apple Insider stupid? This is just a replacement/additional power cord for the Mac Mini. The first thing my dad said when he opened his new Compaq laptop is that he wanted to get an additional power cord for downstairs.
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meatmcguffin said 8:53PM on 12-05-2005
hmmm....appleinsider's link is gone and i didn't get a chance to see it. damn!
can anyone fill me in to what all this is about?
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djones said 9:52PM on 12-05-2005
Your Apple store links don't work. As per usual. They're session based, so it works for a very very short window.
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Mark said 9:52PM on 12-05-2005
Apple Store link:
Sorry!
Your session has timed out after a period of inactivity. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.
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Brian Glasscock said 10:17PM on 12-05-2005
you guys had a tutorial about how to do apple store links that don't expire, use your own advice
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Don Wilson said 11:04PM on 12-05-2005
Search google for the part number - http://www.google.com/search?hs=pm8&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=MA256LL%2FA&btnG=Search
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guerro said 1:19AM on 12-06-2005
"The package includes a power adapter and cord that exactly matches the original adapter included with your Mac mini."
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Buthidae said 3:49AM on 12-06-2005
All you have to do to stop the links expiring is remove the session data. Thus:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/7200103/wo/n2AcFAwPCp7X3WoblH02ghlqh7o/3.SLID?mco=4FB0A693&nplm=MA256LL%2FA
becomes
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/7200103/wo/3.SLID?mco=4FB0A693&nplm=MA256LL%2FA
Yay Apple!
Umm, incidently, what does a Mac Mini Power Adaptor have to do with the price of fish?
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AIM said 3:52AM on 12-06-2005
The article is gone, the date is "Wednesday, December 31, 1969"
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mdavey said 5:16AM on 12-06-2005
I thought that the power adaptor was the same one that the new iMacs used?
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jehan said 8:32AM on 12-06-2005
mdavey, it's not. since the mini is so small, they removed the power supply, and it sits in a brick on the floor. the iMac's poer supply is arranged in a strip at the bottom of the machine (if i remember right), and it's basically a normal power cord that's been modified a bit for the iMac.
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M said 5:24AM on 12-09-2005
Is there any hope of us getting this in the UK. Carrying my mac mini to and from work would be easier if I could leave a power pack at home and at work. I've been quoted 100 for a service part power pack in the UK. Come on apple don't neglect us!
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