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New Intel mac mini

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:42 am
by big pix

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:13 am
by LOZ
Thanks for the post I have been waiting for this one main reason to purchase is weight .Now to decide weather to buy local or O/S. This is the first time for me to take a trip to the dark side (APPLE) what can I expect????? LOZ

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:17 am
by big pix
LOZ wrote:Thanks for the post I have been waiting for this one main reason to purchase is weight .Now to decide weather to buy local or O/S. This is the first time for me to take a trip to the dark side (APPLE) what can I expect????? LOZ


check out this site as it has a lot of info on mac's........ you are better off buying local.......

http://forums.appletalk.com.au/

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:30 am
by shutterbug
LOZ wrote:Thanks for the post I have been waiting for this one main reason to purchase is weight .Now to decide weather to buy local or O/S. This is the first time for me to take a trip to the dark side (APPLE) what can I expect????? LOZ


buy local, if you are a student you get a EDU discount of around 10% and also take it overseas to get another 10% :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:46 am
by Glen
Loz,

This article may be of interest about the new apples and software

http://www.smh.com.au/news/macs/why-app ... 74076.html PS If you are after light weight, I got an Asus W5000 from Birddy, about the same size, weight and colour as a powerbook

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:15 am
by LOZ
Typical not avaible for 6 to 9 weeks bugger. $4000 will check USA prices.LOZ

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:16 pm
by MattC
MacBook Pro is the one that has my interest peaked. Just from the specs it sounds sweet. I bet the price will be a bitter pill though. Next tax return... BTW, I am down to one Windows box for PS and NC. Everything else is *nix. I am just so sick of the security issues with Windows and Windows software.

Cheers

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:23 pm
by ozczecho
LOZ wrote:Typical not avaible for 6 to 9 weeks bugger. $4000 will check USA prices.LOZ


$4000 bucks are you sure?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:29 pm
by big pix
LOZ wrote:Typical not avaible for 6 to 9 weeks bugger. $4000 will check USA prices.LOZ


have a look at the iMac's, they are cheaper and also quick.......

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:39 pm
by LOZ
ozczecho wrote:
LOZ wrote:Typical not avaible for 6 to 9 weeks bugger. $4000 will check USA prices.LOZ


$4000 bucks are you sure?


I WAS QUOTER $3999 BY APPLE ON BROADWAY IS THAT TOO CHEAP :?:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:45 pm
by birddog114
LOZ wrote:
ozczecho wrote:
LOZ wrote:Typical not avaible for 6 to 9 weeks bugger. $4000 will check USA prices.LOZ


$4000 bucks are you sure?


I WAS QUOTER $3999 BY APPLE ON BROADWAY IS THAT TOO CHEAP :?:



Hehehehe! it's bloody cheap apple! :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:24 pm
by sirhc55
If you are talking about the mini mac 1.5Ghz Intel Core Solo the Aus price is $999.00 and the 1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo is $1,299.00 - not expensive at all 8)

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:43 pm
by LOZ
US$$$$
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$2,499.00

or as low as $58 a month

Ships: 3-4 weeks
Free Shipping

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution

2.0GHz Intel Core Duo with 2MB shared L2 Cache

667MHz frontside bus

1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive

Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:00 pm
by ozczecho
Yeah I thought you were talking about the mini... :shock:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:19 pm
by losfp
Ah yes, that would explain the huge price difference! :)

I can definitely recommend the PowerBooks. My humble 867Mhz powerbook 12" has been a little beauty for almost 3 years now (complete and disastrous hard disk failure last month notwithstanding). you will pay a nice little premium for one though!!

I like OS X. Careful though, it's very "different" from Windows, and getting used to the UI will almost certainly throw you off for at least a few weeks while you get used to it. Now I won't use anything else as my main machine. Still have Win XP boxes for the home theatre (specialised software/video card) and fileserver (price, baby).. So I am definitely not a biased mac zealot.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:12 am
by Grev
There are so many prices, can someone list the real prices that matches what? :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:53 am
by sirhc55
Grev wrote:There are so many prices, can someone list the real prices that matches what? :lol:


Look back in this thread - the prices I have given are for the two new models of the mini mac as stated on the Apple site :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:59 am
by big pix
Grev wrote:There are so many prices, can someone list the real prices that matches what? :lol:


google is your friend......... also here......

http://www.streetwise.com.au/

PostPosted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:07 am
by Grev
Well, so many prices were put down back there, and secondly, google doesn't give accurate price, it only gives me good websites. :lol: