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Apple quietly updates the Mac Mini
Surely to be overlooked in the hullabaloo of the iMac update is the quiet, very quiet, update of the Mac mini. Apple just sort of noted at the end of the iMac press release that the Mac mini has also gotten a speed bump. The $799 Mac mini now boasts a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor (formerly it sported a 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor) and for $599 you get a1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, when just a few days ago that would get you a 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor Mac mini. Pricing remains the same, as do all the other specs.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jacob Varghese said 9:15AM on 9-06-2006
Considering the price drops for the Core Duo chips, Apple must have a fat profit margin on these models.
At the $499 price point, they would have added so many more users. Most desktop users aren't willing to, nor need to spend more than $500.
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arkowi said 9:32AM on 9-06-2006
That 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor model is very attractive but I wish it was about $100 cheaper. As the current owner of a Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 and a 23 inch cinema display, I could easily validate the purchase of a $500 dollar machine to bring me into the Intel era. I don't do much gaming (by that I mean none-at-all) on my Mac so the integrated graphics do not bother me. It's just something about that $599 price point.
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Peter Garner said 11:58AM on 9-06-2006
Seems that the low-end model can't be upgraded to include a SuperDrive. How odd.
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Grendel said 12:05PM on 9-06-2006
Anyone notice the picture on the far right for the MacMini with all the cover art for actual movies. I don't remember seeing that before for front row.
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Lloyd said 12:21PM on 9-06-2006
I just looked at the page is it me or is pricing way out of WACK here. No DVD-+RW on low?
$679.00 low
and
$899.00 high
I miss the
$499 low
and
$599 high
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arkowi said 12:38PM on 9-06-2006
- Grendel
"Anyone notice the picture on the far right for the MacMini with all the cover art for actual movies. I don't remember seeing that before for front row."
That is the page in front row for browsing movie trailers i think.
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Buthidae said 12:49PM on 9-06-2006
Hah! If I didn't have this 15 day old mini on my desk we'd still have the Core Solo model! :-P
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Mav Block said 1:20PM on 9-06-2006
Grr... I just bought a 1.66 Mac Mini a couple weeks ago! Well, at least it's not a major update!
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Shane said 4:18PM on 9-06-2006
Eh how typical is this. I purchased mine 9 months ago! j.k... any suggestions where i can purchase one of these processors so I make the upgrade myself?
Shane
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Dan said 8:53PM on 9-06-2006
I bought my 1.5 Core Solo mini refreshed from the apple store in King of Prussia less then30 days ago, and refreshed items come with a free 30 day return policy. Guess what computer is going back to the store?
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