PRESS RELEASE 28 February 2006

Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo

New Mac mini Delivers Performance Up to Four Times Faster

CUPERTINO, California - February 28th, 2006
Apple today unveiled the new Mac mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance up to four times faster than its predecessor and providing even greater expansion in the same innovative and incredibly compact design*. Starting at just £449 (inc VAT), the Mac mini is the most affordable way to enjoy iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, and features the Apple Remote and Front Row so you can play your music, enjoy your photo slideshows, watch your DVDs, iMovies, music videos and television shows from across the room.
“With the new Mac mini, Apple has now moved 50 percent of its entire product line to Intel within 60 days — a record transition”, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The new Mac mini is now up to four times faster with the Intel Core Duo, includes even greater expansion in the same incredibly compact design, and is the most affordable way to enjoy Front Row and iLife ‘06”.
Featuring the next generation of Apple's breakthrough Front Row media experience, the new Mac mini gives customers a simple way to enjoy their digital lifestyle content on the Mac mini including music, photos and videos from across the room using the Apple Remote. With the latest version of Front Row, customers can now effortlessly access shared iTunes playlists, iPhoto libraries and video throughout their home via Bonjour, Apple's zero configuration wireless networking built into Mac OS X.
The new Mac mini offers a completely new system architecture for performance up to four times as fast as the previous Mac mini, including a 667MHz frontside bus and 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB. With the latest high-performance connectivity options, every new Mac mini now includes built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi for fast 54Mbps wireless networking**, built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) and a total of four USB 2.0 ports, twice as many as the previous generation. Mac mini includes a DVI interface and a VGA-out adaptor to easily connect to a variety of displays, including many of today's most popular flat panel televisions, and now features both analogue and digital audio outputs to easily connect to a home stereo.
The new Mac mini includes iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and introducing iWeb, a new iLife application that makes it easy to create amazing Web sites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel-based Mac mini for maximum performance.
Every new Mac mini comes with the latest release of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” including Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV and Front Row, running natively. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly***.
Pricing & Availability
The new Mac mini is shipping today and will be available through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers.
The new 1.5GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of £449 (inc VAT), includes:
  • 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo processor;
  • 512MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable up to 2GB;
  • a slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) drive;
  • 60GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm;
  • Intel GMA950 graphics processor;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 BASE-T);
  • four USB 2.0 ports;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analogue;
  • DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adaptor included, Composite/S-Video out adaptor sold separately); and
  • the infrared Apple Remote.

The new 1.66GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of £599 (inc VAT), includes:
  • 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
  • 512MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable up to 2GB;
  • a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
  • 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm;
  • Intel GMA950 graphics processor;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 BASE-T);
  • four USB 2.0 ports;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analogue;
  • DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adaptor included, Composite/S-Video out adaptor sold separately); and
  • the infrared Apple Remote.

Build-to-order options and accessories include up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB, 100GB and 120GB Serial ATA hard drives, iWork '06 (pre-installed), AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme Base Station, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Wireless Mouse, Apple USB Modem and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
The new Mac mini line is also available to education customers in the UK and Ireland through the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 0800 039 1515 (UK) or 1800 92 38 98 (Ireland).
    * Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see 102.p.syniva.es/ie/macmini/ for more information.

    ** Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.

    *** See 102.p.syniva.es/ie/rosetta/ for information on Rosetta supported Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for third-party software.
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