New Unibody Apple Mac minis Introduced

Apple just recently redesigned its Mac mini – sleek aluminum unibody, built-in power supply, HDMI port + Mini DisplayPort, SD card slot, and improved energy efficiency. Also available is the Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server.

Mac mini Tech Specs:

• 2.4GHz or 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (3MB L2 cache, 1066MHz frontside bus)
• 2GB (2 x 1GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs, up to 8GB total for the 2 slots)
• 320GB or 500GB Serial ATA hard disk drive
• 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Ports: FireWire 800 x1, USB2.0 x4, SD card slot, Mini DisplayPort (2560x1600), HDMI port (1920x1200)
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
• Software: Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife
• Dimensions: 19.7 x 19.7 x 3.6 cm
• Weight: 1.37 kg
• Price: starts at US$699

Mac mini Server Tech Specs:

• 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (3MB L2 cache, 1066MHz frontside bus)
• 4GB (2 x 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs, up to 8GB total for the 2 slots)
• Dual 500GB 7200-RPM Serial ATA hard disk drives
• Ports: FireWire 800 x1, USB2.0 x4, SD card slot, Mini DisplayPort (2560x1600), HDMI port (1920x1200)
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
• Software: Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard (Unlimited-Client License)
• Dimensions: 19.7 x 19.7 x 3.6 cm
• Weight: 1.29 kg
• Price: US$999

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VIA Artigo A2000 - Storage-Oriented Compact Barebone PC

The VIA Artigo A2000 (US$299) is a storage-oriented compact barebone PC which features low power consumption, low noise, and compact form factor.

Features:

• 1.5GHz VIA C7-D processor
• VIA VX800 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset
• 1 x DDR2 SO-DIMM Socket (up to 2 GB)
• 2 x 3.5" SATA-II HDD support
• 1 x CompactFlash socket (supports DMA mode) bootable SSD
• 3 x USB 2.0 ports (1 on the front panel)
• 1 x Gigabit RJ-45 LAN port with LED
• Built-in high definition audio controller
• 1 x MIC/Line-in + 1 x Line-out audio ports
• 1 x VGA port
• 8 cm low-noise ball-bearing fan
• 100~240 V AC/DC adapter
• dimensions: 135 x 115 x 259 mm

The Artigo A2000 was tested to work with the following operating systems:

• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Ubuntu 8.04
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 with Service Pack 2

Just install some RAM, 1 or 2 SATA HDDs, connect it to your home network, and you will already have a compact, power-efficient home media storage mini-server.

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