Apple
Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac mini debuts
By Peter CohenOctober 20, 2009, 10:08 am PT
Apple on Tuesday refreshed its Mac mini line of desktop computers, introducing a new model equipped with Snow Leopard Server for an astonishingly low price of $999.
Still priced starting at $599, the Mac mini comes equipped with a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1066MHz frontside bus and 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard disk drive and 8x “SuperDrive.” Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics come standard. The new $799 model comes with a 2.53GHz processor and 320GB hard disk drive.
The Mac mini is also now available pre-configured from the factory with Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard – a first for Apple. That system, equipped with dual 500GB hard drives and no built-in optical drive, also includes a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessor and 4GB RAM. It cost $999.
The Mac mini, Apple’s most inexpensive computer, comes equipped standard with a FireWire 800 port, five USB 2.0 ports, mini-DVI output, audio in and out, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11N Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.
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BTW, this comes with unlimited clients. I ended up at Apple to see, couldn’t believe it, what a bargain.
Jim
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If the Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac Mini really does what it seems to say it will, I’m completely stunned. I bought an HP MediaSmart Server earlier this year and have been reading all the hacks that might make it do all this stuff. Of course, it isn’t designed for that, even if Windows Server 2003 is. I run a little business in my home office. We have four computers, three Windows and one Mac/Windows hybrid (that I just love). It seems so stupid to have to go via the Internet to send my bookkeeper and or boss/husband simple everyday messages and keeping a central address book and calendar… Well, just forget it. Will this more-or-less $1K machine really let me do these things?
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Yes, Linda – the version of Snow Leopard Server included on the server Mac mini is the same one that IT managers would buy for an Xserve or any other Mac hardware they use as a server – it’s not encumbered in any way.
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[...] made a slew of announcements earlier this week (Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac mini debuts, New iMacs sport 21.5, 27-inch displays, quad-core option), but the one that interested me the most [...]
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[...] been busy for Apple in the last week. The company released a new Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server pre-installed, a new Magic Mouse, a new MacBook and new iMacs. We posted our review of the Magic [...]
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Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac mini debuts
By Peter CohenOctober 20, 2009, 10:08 am PT
Apple on Tuesday refreshed its Mac mini line of desktop computers, introducing a new model equipped with Snow Leopard Server for an astonishingly low price of $999.
Still priced starting at $599, the Mac mini comes equipped with a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1066MHz frontside bus and 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard disk drive and 8x “SuperDrive.” Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics come standard. The new $799 model comes with a 2.53GHz processor and 320GB hard disk drive.
The Mac mini is also now available pre-configured from the factory with Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard – a first for Apple. That system, equipped with dual 500GB hard drives and no built-in optical drive, also includes a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessor and 4GB RAM. It cost $999.
The Mac mini, Apple’s most inexpensive computer, comes equipped standard with a FireWire 800 port, five USB 2.0 ports, mini-DVI output, audio in and out, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11N Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.
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BTW, this comes with unlimited clients. I ended up at Apple to see, couldn’t believe it, what a bargain.
Jim-
If the Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac Mini really does what it seems to say it will, I’m completely stunned. I bought an HP MediaSmart Server earlier this year and have been reading all the hacks that might make it do all this stuff. Of course, it isn’t designed for that, even if Windows Server 2003 is. I run a little business in my home office. We have four computers, three Windows and one Mac/Windows hybrid (that I just love). It seems so stupid to have to go via the Internet to send my bookkeeper and or boss/husband simple everyday messages and keeping a central address book and calendar… Well, just forget it. Will this more-or-less $1K machine really let me do these things?
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Yes, Linda – the version of Snow Leopard Server included on the server Mac mini is the same one that IT managers would buy for an Xserve or any other Mac hardware they use as a server – it’s not encumbered in any way.
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[...] made a slew of announcements earlier this week (Snow Leopard Server-equipped Mac mini debuts, New iMacs sport 21.5, 27-inch displays, quad-core option), but the one that interested me the most [...]
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[...] been busy for Apple in the last week. The company released a new Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server pre-installed, a new Magic Mouse, a new MacBook and new iMacs. We posted our review of the Magic [...]
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