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Live the digital life in stylish simplicity. Just 6.5 inches square and 2 inches tall, Mac mini provides what you need to have more fun with your music, photos and movies - right out of the box. The Mac mini. Everything you ever wanted, nothing you don't need.
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- 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 167 MHz system bus
- 512 MB DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1 GB), 80 GB hard drive, slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
- One FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, DVI output, and VGA output (adapter included)
- Built-in 10/100BASE-T ethernet, 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless, and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- Mac OS X version 10.4 Tiger, iLive '05, Mail, and more included
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 "Great for Apple emntrants, but lifetime is about 3 years" 2008-06-07
By Hypernation
This was my first Apple computer. And for what I needed it for (economy of space, playing music, videos and general surfing and downloading) it was excellent.



However, after 3 years the hard drive packed up (no reason, no excessive use, it just did) - luckily it packed up in a way that made it possible to save the data. AND I had bought Applecare, Apple's very own extended warranty, so getting a new logic board and hard drive was free! Had I not bought the cover (some $80 dollars) I would have forked out $350 just to get it fixed, plus parts and labour.



A good machine for casual users. If you're hardcore and need lots of RAM and Disc space, get a maxed out iMac or a Power Mac.

 "Great starter mac or media server" 2006-11-11
By Khürt Williams (Princeton, NJ United States)
The generation 1 mac mini is a great starter mac. I upgraded mine to 1GB at CompUSA and use it, along with an 160GB external drive, as my main media server. I have almost completed the process of importing all my CDs and some movies into iTunes. Importing video from a digital camcorder is quite easy with iLife but the G4 CPU is not up to the task for quick video editing. The newer Intel Core Duo mac mini should handle this easlity though.

 "(Almost) all you need for Videoconferencing" 2006-06-10
By Apple Fan (Norcross, GA United States)
This version of the Mac mini works very well for the purpose it was bought - keep in touch with family. Be it Skype or iChat, voice and video connections are of good quality. The only surprise was that the Mac Mini does not have a microphone line in, but the iSight camera connected via Firewire has a built-in microphone, so it works like a charm.

The SuperDrive allows to burn home videos in excellent quality. The Mac takes it's time doing the mpeg encoding, but thats OK as it is so silent when working you hardly notice the computer is on.

The i-Software is easy enough to use, that even my mom is happy to make use of the computer. All in all a great buy - everything works, setup is simple and no blue screens or weird error messages.

 "OLD STOCK" 2006-02-26
By E. Park
They sell old stock items which may have old software. I called Apple to register this and they told me Amazon should have NOT sold this. Apple only sells items within 90 days and this product was over 4 months.

 "MACTABULOUS!!!" 2006-02-21
By Daniel McKinnon (Tewksbury, MA USA)
For all those people who are concerned about space restrictions and want a powerhouse computer that will not need a large footprint, the Mac Mini is the perfect solution. Packing a boatload of power into a computer yay bigger than a coaster, there is no better power/space combination in the entire computing world!



For all the Windows users who don't want to make the switch to the Mac, with the newest Mac OS you will not look back once you get used to the ways that Apple does things the way they are SUPPOSED to be done.



As per usual Apple, the design of the Mac Mini is perfect, and it's so quiet that your own heartbeat will no doubt be louder than this quiet monster.



If you need a solid family computer that will allow you to surf the net, work with spreadsheets, check e-mail, or just do 99% of the things that you would like to be doing (I don't say 100% because it's not a gaming machine), pick up a Mac Mini for your home office, kitchen, ANYWHERE and you will NOT be disappointed!!



***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED


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Includes: VGA/DVI adapter, Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, iLife '05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD & GarageBand), AppleWorks, Quicken 2005 for Mac, & more. Apple Mac Mini - Incredibly inexpensive, but definitely not cheap, this miniature Apple Macintosh Computer is perfect for handling your day to day computing, and then some! The main feature is it's petite exterior. The Mac Mini is only 6.5" square, 2" high, and weighs only 2.9 pounds. Its attractive platinum and white, rounded square design gives it a sophisticated modern look that can't be matched. It also has the convenience of having all of its buttons and ports placed in the back, so cables are kept tidy and neat, giving you a clean overall appearance. But what's even more amazing than its good looks, is the shear amount of technology Apple has packed inside! Slot-Loading CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive - up to 24x CD-R, 16x CD-RW, 24x CD-ROM, & 8x DVD-ROM Ports - 10/100 Ethernet, 1 FireWire 400, 2 USB 2.0, DVI Out, VGA Out, & Headphone/Audio Line Out Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11b/g Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapter) Bluetooth Support
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- 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 167 MHz system bus
- 512 MB DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1 GB), 80 GB hard drive, slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- One FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, DVI output, and VGA output (adapter included)
- Built-in 10/100BASE-T ethernet, 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless, and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- Mac OS X version 10.4 Tiger, iLive '05, Mail, and more included
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 "The Last of the "PowerPC" Macs" 2007-07-24
By Andrew Shaffer (Davenport, Iowa)
The 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac Mini (512 MB DDR SDRAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) was one of the last PowerPC Macs released before the "Intel invasion." When I purchased mine the week before the Intels were announced, they placed my order on "hold" to give me a chance to buy the Intel version. I declined the upgrade, and haven't looked back since. The Mac Mini has worked like a charm for the past year-plus. For what I use it for (MS Word, web surfing, iTunes, DVD watching, and even Photoshop), I haven't noticed anything that an Intel could improve upon speedwise. The PowerPC is dead...long live the PowerPC!

 "Mac Mini's Are Great!" 2007-01-03
By Christopher Deweese (USA)
I've had my mini for about a year and have been very pleased with it. If you are going to do simple computing (managing photos, music, internet, etc.) then this computer will do the job and then some. I've been an Apple fan for a long time and have had several products over the years (two iPods, G3 blue & white, cinema display, etc.) and I have to say the mini is one of my favorites. The compact design is what all computers should strive for. The OS is stable and I've had no technical problems with it. I'm a very satisfied customer.

 "Nice little machine for a newbie" 2006-12-13
By Tezza (USA)
I bought the Mac Mini, owned it for six months then sold it. Now I'm getting a core duo.



Here's the pro's and cons of this machine:



PRO's

- Great small form factor.

- Quiet

- Nice stable operating system

- Bug resistant, you don't have to buy antivirus software.

- Comes with some nice but basic software.

- Office for MAC is nicer software than Office for PC.

- Great apple keyboard (has extra USB ports to make up for the lack of ports on the back of the mini.

- Awesome apple keyboard -- best in the business.

- Airport extreme wireless works well, easy to configure and picks up well.

- Good machine for "newbies".



CONS

- Maybe just slightly slow.

- Get as big a monitor as possible (19 inches or more) because the software doesn't make good use of monitor real estate.

- If your a power user, this machine will leave you lacking. Better to get a PC.

- Apple mouse is terrible. Go get an optical mouse from Walmart for cheap $$'s.

- Not all printers work with Apple, choose carefully.

- Not really upgradeable.



All in all, it's a nice machine for kids I think, but pretty soon they will be kicking you off your laptop PC as they become more advanced "power users".



-- terry

 "Already a newer version" 2006-03-07
By J. Chee (los angeles, ca)
I just got the mac mini 2 months ago and already a better version is available. Can I exchange this for the new mac mini that just came out and is 4 times faster?!?!?

 "Amazon Rocks" 2006-03-06
By Wendy A. Anna (Buffalo, NY United States)
A lot of the reason I am so pleased with the Mac Mini has to do with Amazon.com. Great customer service, price, shipping. Buying this from the Apple store would have cost me $150 more. Now, about the computer-

First off, I was shipped a unit with upgraded Processor (1.5ghz) and Video. Also the Superdrive is dual layer, not single although I haven't been able to see if it works as a DL. So I'm pretty pleased that I have an upgrade right off the bat.



The slogan says BYODKM, so I'll tell you how I have it set up. Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse and the display is a 50' plasma TV. This is a really cool setup for my kids, playing educational games.



About 2 days after the unit was delivered, Apple released the new Intel version of the Mini. Initially I was disappointed, but after looking at the new specs I realized I had bought the better PPC version. The Intel version shares video with the 512 main memory and has no dedicated chipset seperate.



The positives are: Small form factor, great performance, price. You just can't beat OS X in terms of reliability. I will not miss being a system administrator on my wife's dell, constantly scanning and removing malware. Price-Got mine with a superdrive for $630 shipped.



Negatives: Memory. Although units shipping now have a standard 512k, I really think I'll need to upgrade to at least 1mb. Also, after having been a Powerbook user, there is a perceptable difference in the build quality. Not bad mind you, but not quite up to par with the Powerbooks.



Overall, a great machine if you already have your keyboard/mouse/display. If not, the new imac is a much better value. Why only 4 instead of 5 stars? Well, the superdrive seems to only want to burn at 2X, not the 8X as advertised. Apple has nothing to remedy this issue yet, but will probably issue a firmware upgrade sometime.



So my advice is to take the plunge and switch over to OS X, you'll be very happy you did.


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- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 Cache
- 512 MB (two SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); 60 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; slot-load Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- One FireWire 400, two USB 2.0 ports, Mini-DVI port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video output (requires adapters, sold separately)
- Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy TFT widescreen display, 1280 x 800 resolution
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 "Great Computer" 2008-02-16
By J. Hunter (Austin, TX USA)
Great Computer. I have had it for about 2 years now and I use it every day for 10 to 12 hours a day and it has been trouble free. Reliable and easy to use.

 "Thoughts from perspective of professional software developer" 2007-11-22
By David Lethe (Texas)
I've used Dell business-class (Lattitude) notebooks since the 90's, and bought one of these for my wife as a replacement for her iMac. Since I was going to move over her applications and reload a fresh copy of the O/S anyway, I took the opportunity to see whether or not this was good enough for a multi-O/S development platform.



First, my company writes storage diagnostic software and we support 32 & 64 bit versions of just about every O/S there. We can't use emulated operating systems or peripherals since the software talks directly to hardware. That is why I have to actually install and boot multiple operating systems rather than use an emulation product or even VMWare.



I had no problems getting this to quadruple-boot Vista64; Fedora LINUX; Windows 2008 and OS X. Didn't get a chance to try Solaris or BSD, but it probably would have worked fine.



I didn't run into any software compatibility problems other than some printer-driver limitations. (So make sure your favorite printer has drivers).



If you're a windows-only person (I pity you, BTW), then this makes a very nice Windows PC, and I suggest making this a dual-boot machine, but just add a 3rd partition that can be used by both operating systems, so you can use that to save programs, data, whatever that can be used by whatever operating system you want to use at the time.



No reason to repeat other things people have said about general features of this notebook. Let me say that MY next notebook will be a macbook.



There were no compatibility problems that I previously expected to run into. This is a Mac that can run any and all 32 & 64-bit Intel-compatible operating systems.



Note - Buy with the minimum RAM, and get the remainder from a vendor that specializes in memory and make sure that it is tested & certified for this notebook. You'll come out ahead by buying a pair of the 3rd-party memory sticks and throwing the apple one away rather than upgrading the Apple memory.

 "Nice but not so good" 2007-07-22
By Gustavo Cadeiras (Argentina)
la pantalla es demasiado chica. La bateria de calienta demasiado. A veces la uso sobre las piernas y realmente quema!!!

 "mostly awesome" 2007-03-29
By Dan (Omaha, NE)
I love my MacBook. The screen is beautiful. When used with power-saving mode, the battery can last 3+ four hours!



Really, nearly everything about this laptop is great. I would recommend this computer to ANYONE (from programmers like myself to someone with little computer experience).



As an aside, when we purchased our first computer running OS X, I was very busy with work and did not have time to teach our, then, Kindergarten-aged daughter how to get around on the computer. After a couple days, she pretty much figured it out for herself. This is a testimony for OS X's ease of use!

 "This Should Be Three and A Half Stars (Updated)" 2007-03-12
By Joseph Albanese (New York, New York United States)
First, don't hate me because I am a dyed-in-the-wool PC user. I've been using Microsoft and Windows for over 10 years.



The new MAC commercials really got to me though and it really made sense to know a dual system. Besides, no virus worries/ nothing but plug it in and turn it on. Hey. Even an old dog like me could learn that trick. Right?



So I went to the MAC store in SoHo NYC. The sales people were basically young and couldn't care less. I got the MacBook, a service plan and went on my merry way home. I mean, the electric bill was paid so certainly there were no problems waiting for me. Right?



I unpacked it and plugged it in. Love the magnetic thing. The screen was bright and crystal clear. It set up but it seemed a bit slow and sluggish but hey . . . It would be a walk in the park.



First thing, it needed AIRPORT to find my Linksys. It picked it up and wanted the password. I entered it and it kept rejecting it. Call Number One. Finally somebody said, "Try putting the '$' in front of the password." OK. It worked. PC's still take just the number but that is a small quibble.



Then I went to the mail program. It was there I discovered you have to pay one hundred dollars for a mac mail account. This made little sense but I decided to be a sport. Again, the system rejected my password. I then made Call Number Two. I was told to e-mail my problem to . . . Wait a second. If I could use e-mail why would I be calling? OK. So I went to the PC, e-mailed as I found out that the telephone support for MAC does not include the e-mail program and got an answer. Ironic? Well. These things happen.



Then I installed Microsoft Office, the MAC version. Again it was slow and clunky and it paused to update. OK. It finally loaded, updated, etc. As a person who had corrective eye surgery for retina detachment, I have always relied on a program filling the entire screen. I was shocked, to put it politely, to discover the small postage-stamp sized writing space. I am the author of two books (available from Amazon) that I wrote on a PC hooked up to a 15" monitor. No matter what I did or how I tried, I could not increase the size of the document. This led to Call Number Three and all they could recommend was change the screen resolution which made the screen look cartoonish but not really that much larger.



Then I tried to hook up a card reader and put in my SD card with jpeg files on it. It found the card reader, the card, the folder, the files but refused to show me the pictures. Call Number Four. Mac had no suggestions other than hook the camera directly to the PC.



Before I get a thousand "DISAGREES" with this review, let me say that I am not knocking the product. It is well built, light weight and works. However, it shouldn't be touted in ads as the do-all-end-all. I am determined to work this system (and there are a lot of key stroke moves similar so the transition is not that difficult) but I was seriously disappointed by the fact that it was nowhere near perfect. And the on-line support that I paid for was hardly worth the price.



For my money, I still find the "right mouse click" a time-saver (how on earth do you right click on a picture you see on the web and save it as a jpeg? Open multiple versions of the Web? Use on-line research with WORD? I know it has to be there but it doesn't mean it comes easy.



So, if you love your MAC, swell. But from now on I don't think there should a PC vs. MAC war going on because both of them have a few faults.



UPDATE:



It isn't easy (think trial by error) but slowly a lot of things are falling into place. By searching the web, I discovered that the right mouse key for PC's equals CONTROL plus hold the button down for a MAC. It makes life a lot easier. But I still am having a devil of a time with the small screen for the web/ word processing/ etc. applications.


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- 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 Cache
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 "This item is not available from supplier" 2009-09-22
By Andrew W. Grimes (Apex, NC)
Good vendor, but they are out of black, they ended up shipping me a white notebook as their inventory system can't read the -Black in your order. Beware, if your eally want a black then don't order this one. The laptop I got was in good condition and had extra memory, hardrive and processor power but it's not what is advertised. They where very nice about it and offered a full refund when I called but you should call the vendor directly and verify what your going to get.

 "Waste of money - the end of a love affair" 2009-06-06
By Matthew Thorpe (London)
I first started using Macs in the late 80's. At work I used a Mac SEII; a funny box like thing. In the early 90's I bought a Mac for my home computer, can't remember the type; one with a separate CPU. Both computers and associated software were miles ahead of any of MS Dos PC computer I used at work. Practically everything about them felt like Apple had a foot in the future and an in depth understanding of what users wanted and how to make it easy. I was an "Apple-bore". Anywhere I worked I advocated that we used Apples.



In the mid/late 90's I had to buy a PC, I got a Dell laptop, which - I thought - worked adequately. In late 2006 it died. I excitedly started reviewing the current Apple Macs and their spec.s for one I would purchase now I no longer was obliged to have a PC. Following a few trials in Apple resellers this (or its forerunner) was the one I chose.



From the word go it was a disappointment.

- The software was nowhere near as superior to PC's as it had been in the early 90's in fact the photo management (iPhoto) is considerably second rate in comparison to the what ever crusty photo management I had on the Dell.

- The hardware struggled. Multi-tasking is painful; imagine your gran' running a marathon with a rucksac on her back and you begin to get the picture of having say more than two applications open. It has a nice fancy spinning wheel instead of an 'egg-timer' these days - get used to it! You are going to see it a lot.

- It is not unusual that the curser just freezes or disappears altogether while the processor is 'thinking about some trivial action or other'.

- It frequently loses the wireless signal requiring a restart, even though the wireless is fully operational

- iCal and Address book are a poor copy of outlook and unfortunately do not work as well (I am no lover of Microsoft, but you have got to say it how you see it).

- The 'Finder' is a second rate Windows Explore functionality that is cumbersome to use and either doesn't respond to mouse clicks or is overly sensitive, so when trying to change the name of a document it will open it instead - repeatedly!

- I have also lost count of the number of times during a day when an application spontaneously closes.

- After a couple of years the battery power would just deplete; the status bar could be as high as 50% but then BLANK! nothing - all power gone. Put the power cord in and the power is at 0% not 50%.

- As the processor is so poor and the Finder functionality is so slow it is often hard to tell whether whether upon clicking on the document/application whether it is opening or not; resulting in either just waiting and nothing happening or losing patience and repeatedly clicking and five(!!) or more documents/applications open.



I maybe exaggerating to say that you could cook your breakfast on the bottom of the laptop after it has been on for half an hour or so but not by much. I can quite believe the stories of Macbooks bursting into flames; it is uncomfortable to have the machine on my lap after a while.



The first item to break was the cable. The contacts in the magnetic input (a great idea) just stopped conducting electricity. Ok buy a new one - yep I did and had to practically re-mortgage for this rather ordinary piece of nothing. The next thing to self-destruct was the hard drive with ALL of the associated information - no reason, it just died. Not quite so fundamental, ordinary nor simple. If I had to re-mortgage for the cable imagine what I had to do for the HDD?(!!!) Of course the repair shop could only replace a 160GB with a 300GB. Now the single mouse button (a bad idea) is at best on the blink and will need repairing. Watch-out bank manager. None of this includes the day to day frustration of frozen software, having to re-boot all the time and the incompatibility with many other pieces of software.



Apple is without a doubt the sexiest brand in IT; it without doubt has the most cool - whatever that means - interface with some of its OS and software; none of which really helps if the basics don't work! Apple - by my experience over the last 20 years - has lost its strategic edge over Microsoft. I can't help but think that some people just "buy-into" the hype around Apple and forget to judge it by its merits. I do wonder what Apple would be without iPod(iTunes); probably in a tail-spin with the behemoth Microsoft about to eat it up.



Buying a poor product is one thing but what makes it worse is that I use an ugly IBM Thinkpad at work which can do - and does - everything this product can and in most instances does it better.



THIS PRODUCT IS NOT RECOMMENDED

 "My MacBook turned out to be a LEMON!" 2008-05-01
By JP2 (Illinois)
I am an IT product manager for a large AV technology companyt that has over 2500 employees. I specify and recommend IT products to our locations, both in the US and overseas. I will no longer recommend Apple products based on my own personal experience. This laptop has given me nothing but issues over the 2 years I had it. I won't go over the minute details, but basically it was in for repairs at least 5-6 times to replace the battery, hard drive, random reboot issue, discoloration on the plastic, SuperDrive, etc.



The last issue I had was just two days ago. The screen began to flicker constantly and I was about to take it to my local Apple store when my wife accidently spilled water on the keyboard. As I said before, the logic board (motherboard) was already defective before the spillage. Because of the water damage, even though I have AppleCare, the repair is not covered--Apple wants close to $1000 to repair a system that at this point, it's not even worth that anymore.



I have always been a big Apple fan for many years and own many of their products. I have bought and recommended MacBooks/Pro, iMacs, CinemaDisplays, MacPros, etc. Many of our locations complain about the premium price that our company pays for an Apple product as opposed to a Dell or HP system. After the way I've been treated, I no longer feel that the premimum price for a Mac system is worth it.

 "Great Product, Even better customer service" 2008-02-03
By Andrew L. Hill (Owasso, Oklahoma)
Ok, first things first. This is my first mac. I bought if after my 2006 high school graduation. That was almost 2 years ago and I LOVE this computer still. I recommend, though, that you purchase the applecare protection plan with this. It is an extra warranty that adds 3 years to the parts and labor warranty. Also, if you live near an apple store, purchase procare. It will get you to the front of any tech support line. I walked in to a store and the wait was about 4 hours. I was at the genius bar in 15 minutes. When my macbook needed a repair, the average time on repairs was 5 days. It took them 4 hours for mine. Also, the applecare has more than paid for itself. I think for me, being a student, it was around $80 USD. I had to get a new battery just yesterday. I walked in, told them what was up, and no questions asked, "Ok here's your new battery!" and I walked out. I have had problems with some of the hardware, but the customer support is so good that I honestly don't remember what the problems were. Calling tech support is nice too. It is based out of California so, unlike Dell, you can talk to someone without an accent and they can understand you perfectly. All in all, even with problems that people might have, the customer support MORE than makes up for them.

 "Best laptop I have ever owned" 2007-04-28
By J. Cire (USA)
I have owned several laptops, from various manufactors. This one is by far the best. I have been converted from a one-time Mac user turned PCer back into a Mac-lover. I will never buy another PC again. It's lightweight, powerful and jut the right size. Transportability is a big + for this laptop. No lugging that heavy 15 lb monster around airports where EVERYONE can tell I have a laptop to potentially steal.



The MAC platform makes digital photography and video such a simple job, as well as posting on the web (no more long hours trying to figure out HTML). Who has time for that? I still have a Windows platform on this laptop just in case I need it for school related software. But I essentially use the MAC side 99% of the time.



Great piece of technology. I will teach my children how to use both platforms, but it is APPLE who will get my money.


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