Apple Mac mini MB138LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive) | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $599.00
Buy New: $589.00
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Media: Personal Computers
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.83
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 2
System Memory: 1000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 8.7 x 5.5
MPN: MB138LL/A
Model: MB138LL/A
UPC: 885909175598
EAN: 0885909175598
ASIN: B0006HU49Y
Release Date: August 8, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 667 MHz system bus | | • | 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable to 2 GB), 80 GB SATA hard drive, and slot-loading slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) | | • | One FireWire 400 port (8 watts); four USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps); DVI output; VGA output (using included adapter); S-video and composite video output | | • | Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit), built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11g)3; built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module | | • | Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, iLife '08, and Front Row software included |
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Product Description
The Mac Mini features the powerful 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It has two cores, so it's like having two 1.83GHz processors in one! Another great feature is the suite of applications in iLife '08. A full-featured collection of programs that are designed to let you easily take control of your creative projects. iPhoto organizes your digital pics, and has a cool feature that groups them by event. iWeb makes it easy to create your own website. iMovie & iDVD lets you edit your videos and make your own DVD movies. GarageBand gives you the tools to make your own music, and even start your own virtual band! All of this and more is packed inside a svelt and stylish 6.5" body that can fit anywhere! 2 RAM Slots (occupied) 80GB 5400RPM SATA HDD Slot-loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive - reads DVDs up to 8x, writes CD-Rs up to 24x, & writes CD-RWs up to 16x Intel GMA 950 Graphics Processor with 64MB of shared memory (memory is shared with the main system) Ports - 1 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 Firewire 400 (8 watts), 4 USB 2.0, 1 DVI Out, 1 VGA Out (using included adapter) Built-in Speakers Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi 802.11g wireless network card Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module Unit Dimensions - 2 (h) x 6.5 (w) x 6.5 (d) Unit Weight - 2.9 lbs.
Amazon.com Product Description
A great choice for home computing tasks and creating a digital media hub, Apple's Mac mini desktop PC combines design simplicity with powerful computing resources. Nicely compact at just 6.5 inches square and 2 inches high, the Mac mini offers an affordable avenue to dual-core processing power via the 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and Apple's latest suite of digital media applications--iLife '08. It also comes with the Apple Remote and Front Row media display software, which enables you to easily play your music, enjoy photo slideshows, and watch DVDs, iMovies, music videos and television shows from across the room. 
Inside its 2-inch-tall, 6.5-inch-square anodized aluminum enclosure, the Mac mini houses the fast Intel Core 2 Duo processor. | This Mac mini also features 1 GB of installed RAM (with a 2 GB maximum capacity), 80 GB hard drive, a combo DVD-RAM/CD-RW drive for watching DVD movie discs and burning your own mixes to CD, Gigabit Ethernet wired networking and 802.11b/g wireless LAN, and the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. You'll have to supply your own keyboard, mouse, and display. Preinstalled with iLife '08
Every Mac mini includes iLife '08, the latest version of Apple's award-winning suite of digital media applications, with major upgrades to iPhoto, iDVD, iWeb, and GarageBand and a completely reinvented iMovie. iPhoto '08 now automatically organizes photo libraries into Events that let you more easily manage your growing photo collections, and iMovie '08 can import video from the latest AVCHD, HDV and DV camcorders, as well as from digital cameras, and displays your entire video library whether it's stored on internal or external drives. Both iPhoto and iMovie integrate seamlessly with the new .Mac Web Gallery, Apple's new service for .Mac members to instantly create and host websites for their photos and videos. 
The pre-installed iLife '08 software suite includes a completely redesigned iMovie, which makes it even easier to share your videos on the Internet. | iLife '08 also features iWeb '08, with live web widgets such as Google Maps that let you create even more dynamic websites, and GarageBand '08, with its new Magic GarageBand feature that makes it fun and easy for both musicians and non-musicians to create great sounding songs. Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
The Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 processor has a 1.83 GHz processor speed, fast 667 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and large 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) The Intel Core 2 Duo's 128-bit SSE3 vector engine handles 128-bit computations in a single clock cycle, accelerating data manipulation by simultaneously applying a single instruction to multiple data. And its two execution cores are designed to share resources and conserve power, helping it to achieve higher levels of performance since it uses fewer watts. Wired and Wireless Connectivity
The small form of the Mac mini features several ports for a variety of different devices. | The Mac mini gives you plenty of room to grow with four USB 2.0 ports on the back--for connecting devices such as cameras, iPod, printer, camcorder, or keyboard--as well as a FireWire 400 port, which enables super-fast connectivity to hard drives as well as digital video camcorders. Share files around your house with built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet as well as 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g). The integrated Bluetooth wireless connectivity--version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)--allows you to use a wireless keyboard or mouse, and synchronize peripherals such as cell phones and PDAs. Enjoy high-quality sound on almost any speaker system with double-duty analog/digital audio. Record digital and analog sources through audio line in, perfect for your latest podcast in GarageBand. Graphics and Video
The Mac mini has a DVI video output that supports digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels and is compatible with the 20-inch Apple Cinema Display and 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. It also supports coherent digital displays up to 154 MHz, and non-coherent digital displays up to 135 MHz. Using the included VGA video adapter, you can connect to analog displays at a resolution up to 1920 by 1080 pixels. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) and provides up to 64 MB of shared video memory. Other Features
- 1 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) on two SO-DIMM with a 2 GB maximum capacity
- Slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW): reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed, and reads CDs at up to 24x speed
- Built-in speaker
- Meets ENERGY STAR requirements with maximum continuous power of 110 watts
Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools); iLife '08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand); Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive; iWork (30-day trial); and Front Row What's in the Box
Mac mini, Apple Remote, power cord, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation
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| Customer Reviews: Read 68 more reviews...
 Works a Treat with my TV November 19, 2008
Stephanie Sane (from the Asylum)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Apple has not updated the lowly Mini in quite awhile and if everything I read online is true, it looks like they're never going to. Lots of people think they might be dropping it. I think that would be a big mistake. They should drop their silly Apple TV instead and keep this baby in their line up, because it's a solid performer.
Well, not solid as a desktop computer, I wouldn't say that, but stick it under your TV, then hook it up via the Video out (you'll have to buy an adaptor so you can hook into one of your TV's HDMI ports), and you're good to go, TVwise that is.
You don't need a Video player, because you can just used the DVD player on your Mini. You can watch Hulu or Joost on your TV. You can even check your e-mail. And if you have your TV hooked up to a good stereo system, mine goes into an old, but still working wonderfully, Yamaha Amp which powers four JBL Studio Monitors, you can listen to your iTunes library on it. Of course, if you have a lot of music, then you'll want an external hard drive. I have two LaCie 500 gig hard drives under my Mini which match it in looks and form factor and I have tons of music as well as lots of movies on them.
Maybe Apple didn't intend the Mini to be an under the TV controller, but it works beautifully as one. So please Apple keep the Mini in your lineup.
Reviewed by Stephanie Sane
super! November 16, 2008
J. Williams (Sun City, AZ)
The Mac mini is really terrific! I previously had a Mac G4 that I
loved. This is 10X better with lots of new programs, and super fast!
Very pleased October 30, 2008
Pamela S. Messer
Arrived promptly and in perfect condition. What was especially nice was making the selection I wanted without having to defend my choice to the member of some sales crew or fending off service contract offers.
Great computer October 29, 2008
W. Wynn
This is my third mac. I upgraded the RAM to 3gb using other world computing ram. The computer runs great. It was a little slow with the stock 1gb, but I love this thing now. I have two external hard drives. One for media files and one for time machine. I use a xbox 360 for games, so game performance is not an issue. I have done several home videos and it works fine. You do want to get the older version of imovie though because you can put chapters in your DVDs.
 Solid computer for basic needs October 26, 2008
dlmh (Highland Mills, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have the 1.66mhz core duo version. It came with 512mb of ram, which I upgraded to 2gb. Doing your own ram upgrade is somewhat of a nightmare, even for someone familiar with the insides of a pc. The mini is not made like a pc, or like a notebook, and is really not designed to be opened by the user. If you want to upgrade your ram from the current 1gb standard, you are probably better off letting a pro do it. Same for the hard drive. There's a video on how its done at macsales.com.
Overall I am happy with this computer. It runs Leopard just fine, boots quickly, and has no difficulty with basic computer software: safari or firefox, iphoto, itunes, open office, etc.
I've tried to use vmware fusion to run xp simultaneously, and it works, but even with 2gb of ram the system performance takes a hit. Alternatively, running xp via bootcamp works well. xp is speedy and has no hardware compatibility issues. It's a hassle to have to reboot into xp and then reboot again back to OSX, but I only use xp once in awhile. If you need to constantly use windows programs, consider the imac or a more powerful mini which should have the power necessary to run virtualization software smoothly.
Don't be fooled by the mini's size. Even though it is very small, and pretty darn cute, it has to be placed on your desk, whereas a standard pc tower is best placed under the desk. Therefore, as small as it is, the mini takes up more desk space than an under-desk pc. All the cables that normally create a mess on the floor attached to a pc tower (monitor, printer, network, mouse, keyboard, ipod, camera, external hard drive, etc.) are going to be on your desk, rather than under it. I pushed the mini as far to the back of my desk as possible so the cables flop behind the desktop and hang down. Doing so eliminates cable clutter on my desk, but means it's a little inconvenient to use the optical drive and the power button (which is on the rear panel).
The mini has built in bluetooth and wi-fi so you might want to consider wireless options to reduce the # of cables.
This isn't really a criticism, but the sound via a standard mini-plug is about as mediocre as you'd get from built-in motherboard sound on a PC. (I haven't used the mini's optical sound option). If you use your computer to listen to music you might want to consider an external sound card, since you can't put a dedicated sound card inside the mini. I have a creative labs xmod, which is a usb device and sounds great.
I've given the mini 4 stars as it's the least expensive way to enjoy OSX, and for basic needs does a great job. It's extremely quiet and stays cool. I subtracted a star in view of the power button placement, and difficulty upgrading the ram and hard drive.
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