It's worth pointing out that another 'feature' that puts the Mini into Mac Mini is the lack of keyboard and mouse. For wireless networking, the Mac Mini is compatible with Apple's Airport Extreme cards, and there's also a build-to-order Bluetooth option.
That the Mac Mini has a DVI port is actually pretty neat, and while Apple supply a DVI-to-VGA adaptor, the Mac Mini is capable of driving LCD monitors with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200 or, in other words, a 23-inch Apple Cinema Display. In terms of connectivity, the Mac Mini offers one Firewire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, a headphone output mini-jack, a modem, 10/100 Ethernet, and a DVI port. Both models offer a 512k Level-2 cache on the processor, a 167MHz system buss, 256MB of PC2700 SDRAM upgradeable to 1GB, an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor with AGP 4X and 32MB of dedicated Double Data Rate (DDR) video memory, along with a slot-loading Combo drive capable of reading DVDs at 8x and CD media at 24x speed, and writing CD-Rs at 24x and CD-RWs at 16x speed. The Mac Mini is available in two configurations: one with a 1.25GHz G4 processor and a 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive for £339 and the other with a 1.42GHz G4 processor and an 80GB Ultra ATA drive for £399. Having miniaturised the iPod into the iPod Mini, Apple have now miniaturised the Mac into the Mac Mini, originally announced at this year's Macworld show in San Francisco back in January, ending what has been a 20-year wait for a low-cost Macintosh computer. When they aren't creating the biggest piece of equipment around, as seen with the recently introduced 30-inch Cinema Display, they're busy developing at the titchy end of the scale as well. With the newly released Mac Mini, Apple hope to change this perception, but is there enough Mac in the Mac Mini to make it useful for musicians?Īs a computer company, Apple seem to be obsessed with size. Photo: Mike CameronĪpple have long been criticised for charging a premium for their products, making the Mac platform a more costly choice than the alternatives. With a DVI output and the option of Bluetooth, the Mac Mini is compatible with Apple's Cinema Displays and wireless peripherals, though it comes with no display, keyboard or mouse as standard.
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