Apple, today, announced the availability of the new Mac mini in the Philippines. Selling now at the Apple Philippine Online Store are two models of the new full aluminium unibody Mac Minis.
The entry-level of the new mac mini has the following specs:
“¢ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB of shared L2 cache;
“¢ 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable up to 8GB;
“¢ a slot-load 8X SuperDrive® (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
“¢ 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm;
“¢ NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics;
“¢ AirPort Extreme® 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
“¢ Gigabit Ethernet;
“¢ four USB 2.0 ports;
“¢ SD card slot;
“¢ one FireWire® 800 port;
“¢ one HDMI port and one Mini DisplayPort;
“¢ HDMI to DVI video adapter;
“¢ combined optical digital audio input/audio line in (minijack); and
“¢ combined optical digital audio output/headphone out (minijack).
Suggested retail price for the above configuration is P38,990.
The second faster model has the followi ng specs:
“¢ 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB of shared L2 cache;
“¢ 4GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable up to 8GB;
“¢ two 500GB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm;
“¢ NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics;
“¢ AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
“¢ Gigabit Ethernet;
“¢ four USB 2.0 ports;
“¢ SD card slot;
“¢ one FireWire 800 port;
“¢ one HDMI port and one Mini DisplayPort;
“¢ HDMI to DVI video adapter;
“¢ combined optical digital audio input/audio line in (minijack); and
“¢ combined optical digital audio output/headphone out (minijack).
Suggested retail price for the configuration above is P55,990.
The new Mac mini has the unibody construction which features a compact aluminium enclosure just 7.7 inches square and 1.4 inches thin. A new integrated power supply eliminates the need for an external power adapter, reducing overall system volume by 20 percent and keeping cable clutter to a minimum. A removable panel underneath provides quick access for memory expansion. Mac Mini could also connects to an HDTV.
The New Mac Minis are available at http://store.apple.com/ph.