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Is the Mac mini overpriced?

Since its updated Mac mini Apple online a week ago, I found myself being very lively discussion with friends, colleagues and others on the price of the mini.

As you know, the latest in Apple mini 2GHz Core 2 Duo with 3 MB of memory chip shared L2 cache. It also gives Nvidia GeForce 9400 integrated graphics, which replaces the limit Intel GMA 950 graphics in earlier models. A model with 1 GB of RAM and a 120GB hard drive, sells for $ 599, while the other, with double the memory and hard drive 320 GB costs $ 799. You notice that the same price of the old mini-configurations.

Yet some of the people to whom I spoke believe that Apple should have the opportunity to really put the Dell and other makers by reducing the price of the mini. With the economy the way it is, they say, Apple could make a breakthrough in low-end PC market.

On the surface argument of common sense. But I think some problems are inherent in this strategy. More »

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Apple: the next Mac Mini would be based on NVIDIA Ion

During the weeks before the MacWorld, many rumors had appeared to offer different products that we should see. Ultimately, very few were actually came and then the side of the machines, only the MacBook Pro Unibody in its 17 inches was reported. And the Mac Mini? And the quad-core iMac?

For the Mac Mini, nothing is dead yet. No more than the iMac elsewhere. It seems that the choice of materials Apple deal with components that are not yet ready or are too young. For the Mac Mini in particular, rumors of a partner from NVIDIA reported that the machine should be equipped in line with the latest platform Ion already mentioned.

What platform Ion? It is a collection based on a motherboard with a chipset that actually meets the northbridge, the southbridge and a graphics solution, which is a GeForce 9400M. Ion is intended for Atom processors and allows the ship DDR3 SO-DIMM, while posting a TDP of 12W for chipset. We understand that the platform, coupled with a processor Atom N330, of great interest to Apple. More »

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The Mac Mini: death or changes very soon?

The Mac Mini is the machine that Apple sells the least. Perhaps appeared slightly too early, this very specific Mac is characterized by its small size and the fact that it is sold as such: single, without a keyboard or mouse, or screen. Therefore, it is aimed at those who already have the equipment or to others who want a new machine, together devices of their choice. More »

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