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Brian said 4:07PM on 4-20-2006
Yeah, but that looks like the old G4 model. No wonder it's so cheap.
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Nick said 4:09PM on 4-20-2006
those are G4 mac minis, most likely the low end ones - you can tell because the intel boxes are all white whereas the G4 have grey sides.
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kevin said 4:11PM on 4-20-2006
yea, totally
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Mr. Volcom said 4:16PM on 4-20-2006
if you look at the picture of the back of the box you can barely make out the specs in the upper right hand corner: all I can read is......G4 processor.
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Ru said 4:16PM on 4-20-2006
yeh it is the old G4, maybe costco bought a bulk load of them for cheap cos they aint selling them on the applestore any more, still a good deal though.
why the hell doesnt costco UK sell cool stuff like this?!? grrrr!
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John said 4:19PM on 4-20-2006
It's definitely an older version because the intel macs have an IR port up front for the remote
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mr. Obsession said 4:20PM on 4-20-2006
Yeah...they had those in a huge cage at my Costco a couple of weeks ago & they were most certainly not Intel models.
It's cool that Apple seems to be selling discontinued models at Costco...they did the same with the G5 Imacs a few months ago.
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Kristen said 4:20PM on 4-20-2006
Does anyone have any idea what the specs are? I've been looking for a G4 Mini and this looks like a great deal. And my aunt has a Costco membership, so. :)
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LD said 4:56PM on 4-20-2006
Kristen, I will sell you my G4 if you are interested. 1.2 with 1GB of RAM. Let me know.
Larry at teamoverkill dot com
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kevin said 5:01PM on 4-20-2006
Kristen, are you hot?
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Mark said 5:05PM on 4-20-2006
Old news....
I work at Costco and here's the specs:
1.42 G4
512 Ram
80GB HD
Superdrive
Airport Exress & Bluetooth
Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse
2 Year Apple Care included
Hope this helps everyone. If you're interested in one...hurry up and get it. My warehouse only has about 4 left and we've had it for about 3-4 weeks now.
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Don Wilson said 5:06PM on 4-20-2006
Naturally the girl gets all the offers, haha
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Dan said 5:16PM on 4-20-2006
Go to this site like 5 times a day, but I never comment. I find it hysterical that someone asked if Kristen was hot, because I was wondering the same thing.
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Rickumus said 5:36PM on 4-20-2006
This news is like a month or two old!;-)
http://digg.com/apple/Costco_Creates_Mac_mini_Bundle:_includes_Keyboard,_Mouse,_3yr_Apple_Care
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Sabon said 6:21PM on 4-20-2006
Geez, give women (and girls) a break. Even if she is hot (we can only assume that since she likes Macs she is smart and interesting) she won't come on and say she's hot because then she'll be spammed like crazy and nobody likes that. Despite what guys think. It is not fun being stalked. I know from personal experience having been stalked by a woman.
As far as the Mac mini. Yes it is a G4. My Costco (near Seattle) has quite a few G5 iMacs too.
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Kristen said 7:06PM on 4-20-2006
I've come to expect these kinds of comments. I think I'm an okay looking girl. I'm 20 but I don't look nearly my age at all. So if you were to see a picture of me and think I'm hot, some people might consider you a pedophile.
Specs on the Mini look very good. I may have to run down to Costco soonish.
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Andy said 7:49PM on 4-20-2006
I think that was, just possibly, the best response ever.
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Angelo Ashmore said 8:07PM on 4-20-2006
Wow haha.
Anyways, I'm sure I could find a cheaper Mini on eBay + the extra stuff that comes with the package.
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Anna said 8:34PM on 4-20-2006
Just got back from Costco in Santa Rosa, CA. They have at least a dozen of these Mac minis for sale, and it's the 1.42 GHz G4 version. They used to have the iMac G5s about a month ago, but those are all gone.
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beone said 8:37PM on 4-20-2006
Several weeks ago, Costco had a slew of iMac G5's at a bit of same closeout pricing.
I worry that people buy these off the shelves are thinking they are getting the newest stuff, as most of Costco's inventory is "new" product. Only to find out later that they have "last year's" model. D-Oh!
Granted, they are still decent running machines at a decent price. But, once they load Leopard, there will start to be bigger differences.
Imagine:
Proud father thinking he's going to get "cool" points brings home suprise for kids... iMac and a Mac Mini!
"Ahhh... Dad, this is like so outdated. Why couldn't you get a *NEW* one?"
Father sulks and repackages the computers, hoping he can still return them...
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