Apple Releases New iBook, Mac Mini Models

Apple Releases New iBook, Mac Mini Models

Deron Dantzler on 26 July 2005 - 21:54 · 26 comments & 1815 views

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Apple has updated their website to reflect new iBooks/Mac Mini's that have been announced today (please see details below).

New features include:

New trackpad lets you scroll horizontally, vertically or pan around the screen
Sudden Motion sensor protects the hard drive in free-fall
Built in Bluetooth 2.0 and Airport Extreme

Here is the pricing structure for the new iBook options:

12" 1.33GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, Combo Drive - $999
14" 1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD, Super Drive - $1299

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News source: Apple.com

The updated Mac mini comes with 512MB of RAM and built in wireless. Here are the new options:

1.25GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, Combo Drive, $499
1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo Drive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, $599
1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, Super Drive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, $699

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(2 replies) #1 rbet on 26 Jul 2005 - 21:58

G5 iBooks are hard to design, I hear

#1.1 bucko on 27 Jul 2005 - 00:03

That is the reason why they are switching to Intel.

#1.2 Zenith on 27 Jul 2005 - 06:58

The reason Apple made the G5 Powermac enclosure out of metals is because the sheer heat of the G5 chip would have melted the plastic enclosure down. If it does that with that much space around the chip, there is no way they can put such a hot chip into a case which is just a few centimetres thick. This was probably the biggest incentive to move to Intel; P4 is cooler than G5 and faster than G4

#2 RaiderOnline on 26 Jul 2005 - 21:59

wow.
great news

(1 reply) #3 [bear] on 26 Jul 2005 - 21:59

worthless update. Expected widescreen..

#3.1 Zenith on 27 Jul 2005 - 07:14

i wouldn't have said worthless, but it was a disapointment to see a disapointing processor upgrade. and what happened to 64MB VRAM?!?

#4 Gowcra on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:00

#5 GM_Axis on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:02

Personal I find the new Mac Mini's more exciting with more standard memory. It may not seem like much but for me it's even more of a temptation and even more of a reason for people who buoght Minis a few months ago to be pissed.

#6 [bear] on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:07

thats true I will give them some credit for uping the ram..

(1 reply) #7 n1g3lng on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:09

I recently got iBook

#7.1 Cubiz on 27 Jul 2005 - 09:57

Contact Apple - they might replace your current iBook with one of these new models, or at least give you a discount on a new model; it depends how recently you got it.

A while ago my friend got an iMac G5 and three days later the current models came out - he called Apple and after paying $99 (for postage I think) he got one of the new models. Pretty good deal IMO.

#8 DG55 on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:19

Wow thats amazing.

#9 Tungsten T on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:38

Still only a 9200, I think I pass

#10 Steven on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:40

The new mini doesn't include wireless unless you get the 1.42Ghz model. It's misleading. The wireless is optional "Build to order" on the 1.25Ghz just like it always has been.

#11 Gullop on 26 Jul 2005 - 22:45

So much for widescreen ibook

(1 reply) #12 finalcoolman on 26 Jul 2005 - 23:34

Now that every single Apple laptop has built in Bluetooth 2.0, and the majority of their desktops do too, I think we will finally start seeing Bluetooth implemented in most Windows PCs (specificly laptops). Just like Apple was the first to adopt firewire as standard I'm pretty sure the same will happen with Bluetooth. It pisses the hell out of me when I see a beautiful sony FS series laptop in a store, but the lack of built-in Bluetooth is the deal breaker. I hate dongles, I hate trackpads and I hate wires and Bluetooth is almost as cheap to implement as Firewire ($6 part), it needs to become standard in PC laptops. But now that Apple has it standard across the prtable line and even things like the PS3 have it, I'm sure that now Bluetooth is starting to take off and by 2010 (Bluetooth 3.0 or whatever is out then) will be in almost every PC computer sold.

P.S. It really helps that Windows finally has native Bluetooth support as of Service Pack 2

#12.1 shao on 27 Jul 2005 - 08:02

there was more of an incentive back in the day for windows pc's to start having firewire as standard; digitcal camcorders - which is still practically the only real use of firewire unless external hard disks (and then most people use usb2). Where's the killer app for bluetooth?

(2 replies) #13 brotherrabbit on 27 Jul 2005 - 00:39

Who would be stupid enough to buy one of these knowing Apple is to switch all their gear to Intel based architectures.

Sorry, but come on. Let's get real here.

#13.1 Zoue on 27 Jul 2005 - 02:44

How about the very large consumer base that has no idea or could care less what that means.

#13.2 Zenith on 27 Jul 2005 - 07:00

Apple won't be switching to Intel until this time next year. they still have many upgrades to come with PPC.

(3 replies) #14 Norante on 27 Jul 2005 - 04:15

Talk about overpriced.

#14.1 dhan on 27 Jul 2005 - 05:23

iBooks are in fact cheapest laptops you can get now (if you don't bother to compare performance

)

#14.2 shao on 27 Jul 2005 - 08:03

you're having a laugh, right? cheap. don't think so.

#14.3 Ambivalancer on 27 Jul 2005 - 11:22

Might as well just buy a second hand laptop, It's not like it makes a difference...

#15 Ashl on 27 Jul 2005 - 19:26

Anyone willing to test the freefall function to see if the hard drive survives?

#16 - diego - on 27 Jul 2005 - 22:39

who's gonna buy this stuff... ?

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