Apple Mac mini. Cheap!

[method77]

Apple is finally getting cheaper.

There is a $500 Apple G4 – without a monitor, mouse or keyboard.

This is what you get:

The 1.25 GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of $499 (US), includes:

1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor;

256MB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;

40GB Ultra ATA hard drive;

Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;

ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32MB video memory;

One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports;

10/100 BASE-T Ethernet networking and 56K V.92 modem;

Internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth;

DVI or VGA out (adapter included), composite/S-video out with optional adapter; and

Built-in speaker and headphone/line out.

The 1.42 GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of $599 (US), includes:

1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor;

256MB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;

80GB Ultra ATA hard drive;

Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;

ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32MB video memory;

One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports;

10/100 BASE-T Ethernet networking and 56K V.92 modem;

Internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth;

DVI or VGA out (adapter included), composite/S-video out with optional adapter; and

Built-in speaker and headphone/line out.

And there’s also a $100 flash-based mp3 player called the iPod Shuffle - without a display.

Read more at their site

[DudeAsInCool]

I'm gonna check it out. It seems like a good midway solution for my needs. But I will probably get one of these:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...1.3.1.2.0.0.1.0

[method77]

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[DudeAsInCool]

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Strange. Here it is again:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...1.3.1.2.0.0.1.0

[DudeAsInCool]

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Strange. Here it is again:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...1.3.1.2.0.0.1.0

[method77]

the cheap one is ok. I'd get that

[DudeAsInCool]

Im seriously thinking about it

[DudeAsInCool]

Salon and the NY Times chime in on the mini-Mac:

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/...orld/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/technolo...its/13stat.html

[slum_goddess]

I'm gonna check it out.  It seems like a good midway solution for my needs. 

so it comes w/toes? cool!

[KiwiCoromandel]

although i`m not a mac fan i must say the mini-mac certainly looks interesting......