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Apple quietly bumps up desktop range
APPLE HAS QUIETLY BUMPED pretty much its entire desktop range with so little fanfare that the front page of the UK web site doesn't even mention the new models.
Dig a little deeper into the store pages and you'll find new Imacs, Mac Minis and Mac Pros sporting upgraded processors, Nvidia video cards, doubled RAM and increased storage.
The Imac all-in-one range now starts with a 20-inch version at £950 with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 320GB serial ATA hard drive and Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. The 24-inch Imac has a 1920x1200 widescreen display and starts at £1200.
The 24-inch job includes up to a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 640GB or 1TB hard drive, and a variety of graphics technology from Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics to the Nvidia GeForce GT 130 or ATI Radeon HD 4850 discrete graphics.
Two new Mini Macs get a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 8X dual layer superdrives and Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. The £500 base model comes with 1GB of memory and a 120GB hard drive. For another £150 you can have 2GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive.
The new Mac Pros now feature Nehalem Xeon processors and come in two base configurations.
The £1900 Quad Core has a single 2.66GHz processor, 3GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive an 18X dual layer Superdrive and a discrete Nvidia GeForce GT120 with 512MB of memory
£2500 gets you two Nehalems totalling eight cores and 6GB of RAM on top of that. µ
Not a great deal to get excited about... but better than a poke in the eye with a memory stick. µ
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A core 2 cpu using ddr 3? Do they even take advantage of that, is the memory controller on the board compatible?
"20-inch version at £950 with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 320GB serial ATA hard drive and Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics."
A grand for that, blimey. A pc with that hardware costs about half, is the OS really £400?
No wonder mac market share shrunk this year. Those prices don't look "global recession friendly".
Wow, I want one to use as htpc!!! I has the all functions and looks great! Too bad they priced it so high. Think I'll wait until it drops to US$499 or so. Maybe then they will get rid of the crappy 9400M.
I defend Apple on discussions when I feel it's necessary but ..
For low-end Mac Mini I expected something like 250GB/2GB + remote for 599$; or 1 GB/120GB for 499$.
I feel is somehow over-priced with 100$.
I know that not anyone should be able to buy a Mac; there are PC much cheaper.
But, anyhow, after a long awaited update for MacMini, so little.
Wrong picture.
I meant the one on Apple's site - here:
http://www.apple.com/macmini/features.html
About a 1/4 of the way down...
@CT Hun
The head phone icon is above the audio out. The line in icon is above the audio in. If you follow the lines in the picture labelled Audio In/Out, you will see it branches out at the bottom to cover both ports.
@CT Hun
The head phone icon is above the audio out. The line in icon is above the audio in. If you follow the lines in the picture labelled Audio In/Out, you will see it branches out at the bottom to cover both ports.
Am I wrong, or is the Audio Out and Audio In reversed? I would think the little 'headphone' icon should be the Audio Out, yes?
The back of that unit looks exactly like the, presumed, photoshopped job from two weeks ago.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/089/1051089/mac-mini-rumour-goes-overdrive
Suppose it goes to show: it is possible to over-analyse things. £500 and 5 USB ports means that's actually not such a bad candidate for a little media PC.