New Mac Mini Awesomeness

Giles Turnbull ()

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Hey kids, look what uncle Steve has made for us overnight: a new Mac mini.

It:

  • is tiny
  • has HDMI
  • has an easy-to-remove lower panel for replacing memory
  • has an SD card slot
  • is tiny (did we say that?)
  • still has a Core 2 Duo processor
  • supports up to 8GB RAM
  • looks amazing
  • is tiny

That’s all I’ve discovered after three minutes of drooling and surfing; more posts with more details coming later.

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  • A

    * Is still WAY overpriced

  • Adam

    I would love one as my HTPC, but it STILL doesn’t have Blu-Ray! And 500GB is way too small for an HTPC.

    So, add Blu-Ray, and increase storage to 2TB, and I’ll buy one or even two of them today!

  • http://disco-bar.blogspot.com Hal

    I agree, the specs are still kinda low.

  • Luca

    Far away out of the pricing strategies… expecially with Imac line-up

  • Luca

    Far away out of a correct pricing strategy… expecially with Imac line-up

  • BoxMac

    700 beans ?!? LOL

    As big an Apple fan as I am, that is WAY too much.
    Are they joking ?!?

  • lolly.time

    For all the babies crying about the price, find me a PC with the same form factor, same or better specs, for less. I bet you won’t.

  • TheBrew

    The day they hide that IR receiver “dot” I’ll be dancing in the streets.

  • philipma1957

    It is very pretty.

    you need to add the ram so 699 becomes 799
    no esata
    no usb3
    sd card is slow
    one less usb2 slot

    the 2009 2.53ghz model can be had for less then 799 from sellers that think they are stuck with it. eb@y has them along with big name stores

    these could be very good for htpc but apple keeps them crippled. I won’t even mention no blu ray.

    nice shine on the aluminum.

    I have only owned apple and have had

    the 1.66
    the 1.83
    the 2.0
    the 2.26
    the 2.53
    and the 2.66 mac mini’s. I am thinking about trying to find some of the 2009 2.66 minis on eb@y at a good price rather the buy these..
    The unibody looks good it would match my iMac you the 27inch for graphics with the sd slot and no esata or USB3 to use bigger storage drives quickly.