Apple Mac Mini Core Duo Specifications

By Troy Dreier, CNET.com on 27/03/2006

More Apple reviews , RRP: AU$1299.00

The good:

  • Inexpensive
  • Good choice for budget shoppers or people adding a second computer
  • Front Row media software and new ports make it more useful as a home-theatre PC
  • Easy to connect with an entertainment system
  • Attractive software bundle

The bad:

  • Video output to televisions shows poor image processing
  • Apple software still catching up to Intel processors
  • Small hard drive
  • Remote control has limited functionality
  • Few upgrade options

The bottomline:

Apple packs more media-specific features into the Mac Mini to make an inexpensive and useful entertainment-room computer. It's tremendously easy to use, although it surprised us with poor image processing.

Buying choices:

Users' rating:

10/10

Tags:

1.67ghz | apple | core | desktop | duo | intel | mac | mini | pc

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 80 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 165.1 x 165.1 x 508 mm
  • Weight
  • 1.31 kg

Graphics

  • Graphics hardware
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
  • Amt of video RAM
  • 64 MB

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 512MB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-667

Other

  • Other features
  • Built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11g)3; built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module; Apple remote

Processor

  • Processor
  • Intel Core Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 1.67 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Mac OS X
  • Software included
  • iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand), Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork (30-day trial), Quicken 2006 for Macintosh, Big Bang Board Games, Comic Life, Omni Outliner, and Apple Hardware Test, Front Row

Sound

  • Sound hardware
  • Built-in speakers, combined optical digital audio input/audio line in, combined optical digital audio output/headphone out

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