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Remembering America : A Voice From the Sixties
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7/26/2005
Computers:
Apple has updated the Mac Mini and iBook model lines and further reduced prices on both lines. A really tricked out Mac Mini will only set you back $728 now:
+$50 to upgrade to an 80GB internal drive (cheap enough to simply do it) +$100 to upgrade to a 4X SuperDrive (allows you to burn DVDs as well as CDs) +$79 to add an Airport Extreme card (wireless networking) Skip the optional keyboard and mouse because the Apple Mouse sucks Get the Apple keyboard separately for $29 Get an iOptiJr Mouse from MacAlly for about $20 Use your existing monitor or pick the screen of your choice. A really portable 12" iBook is now only $999 - though I'd suggest adding AppleCare to any laptop you buy (laptops take a lot of abuse). The new model iBook sports 512MB minimum RAM now (finally) and both Sudden Motion Sensing and the scrolling trackpad (very good features).
Comments:
The question on my mind isn't which Mac to get, or upgrade to - it is which monitor to buy! While the 20" Apple monitor is excellent, and the price is nearly fair - don't you think it is a little steep when added to a miniMac? I mean, the miniMac entices the budget users until you've got to add a monitor - apple doesn't endorse any other manufacturer of monitors, so what would be a good fit?
Yeah, but the mini Mac does a great job of separating the issue of monitor from computer. Leaving many of us free to simply re-use an old VGA monitor we have sitting around, or letting those with a budget spend on fancy flat panels. The choice is yours (unlike with the iMac line).
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