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Apple is making sub $500 dollar pc's
Jan 11 2005-After making high end, high priced computers for years, Apple has finally decided to market to everyone.
The Mac mini debuted today at the MacWorld Expo, along with a tiny flash memory iPod. The Mac Mini is a tiny machine, seen below, that includes the processor, hard drive and the optical drive. Monitor, mouse or keyboard are not included. The Mac Mini is supposed to go on sale Jan 22 2005, will cost $499, $599 for the one with the larger hard drive, it comes loaded with the Panther operating system and the iLife collection of digital media applications.
- 1.25GHz or 1.42GHz G4 processor
- 256MB of memory
- Great graphics
- Combo drive
- 40GB or 80GB hard drive(4)
- USB 2.0 and FireWire 400
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iPod Shuffle rocks, Mac Mini balks Highlighting Apple Computer's new product announcements at Macworld Expo this week were a lightweight flash memory-based music player called the iPod Shuffle and a tiny $499 computer called the Mac Mini. Apple is riding the technology wave here with small, inexpensive, well-designed products. While the iPod Shuffle will take off, the Mac Mini won't until Apple and its partners market it as an iLife appliance for music, photos and high-definition video.
Apple Enters Value Market with Cheap iPod, Mac Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday moved to make its products more affordable for the masses, unveiling its cheapest Macintosh computer ever and a version of its iPod digital music player for under $100. Apple co-founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, announcing the new products at the Macworld show in San Francisco, also said Apple had sold 4.5 million units of the various models of its blockbuster iPod in the 2004 holiday quarter.
Apple Mac mini gets warm welcome Apple will release two versions of the Mac mini computer. The Mac mini has been welcomed by Apple fans, industry experts and PC users. The release of the tiny, low-cost machine is seen as a good move for Apple which currently has a small share of the desktop computer market.
Mac Mini a maxi deal? Depends what you want When it comes to Apple Computer's new Mac Mini, beauty is in the eye of the person holding the wallet. The Mac Mini, unfurled Tuesday during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, costs about $100 more than similarly configured PCs from Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and others, according to analysts and price checks. The price delta increases as one factors in the typical standard equipment on PCs--neither mouse, monitor nor keyboard comes with Apple's Spartan box.
Apple unveils $499 PC After decades of being criticized for producing luxury items, Apple Computer is aiming squarely at the mass market with a new budget PC unveiled Tuesday.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the new Mac Mini during his keynote address at the Macworld Expo here, promising the machine would help further expand Apple's audience beyond the Mac faithful.
My Mac Mini and me It didn't break the bank either--for $499 I got a computer, DVD player and quickly built a home media center with our existing HDTV. (Oh, and I got to download iLife '05 on my other Mac, a $79 "value.") This toy also fulfilled my curiosity--as a consumer and a journalist.
My 2-year-old son, Mitchell, and I showed up at the Apple Store in Marin County, Calif., at 8:45 a.m. It opened an hour early than usual--at 9 a.m.--to begin selling Mac Minis and iPod Shuffles.
It was cold and foggy, and the mall was deserted--except for about 20 people waiting in line at the Apple Store. These Apple faithful were a motley crew: an older woman who wanted an iPod Shuffle ("I want to play books on tape"); a man and his daughter ("My cousin works at Apple, but I don't need his employee discount at this price"); and a teenager ("I want the Shuffle"). OK, I wanted the stripped-down Mini.
Mac Mini makes its retail debut They arrived with high hopes of landing the latest iPod, but, in the end, they shuffled home disappointed.
About 60 people lined up outside Apple Computer's retail store here on Saturday, many arriving more than an hour before the store's 9 a.m. opening. Although the shop did have a supply of Mac Minis and the company's latest software titles, there were no iPod Shuffles to be had.
Among those who went away empty-handed was T.C. Watanasoponwong, who was in San Francisco on a business trip from his native Thailand. He planned to buy an iPod Shuffle for his girlfriend, but said now he would have to buy her something else.
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