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Intel Atom-Based Mac Mini Due in March?
Intel Atom-Based Mac Mini Due in March?
Tom's Hardware reports that the expected Mac mini refresh will be coming in March and will be based on NVIDIA's new Ion platform utilizing Intel's dual-core 1.6 GHz Atom 330 processor. The Ion platform, announced in mid-December, also utilizes the G...
UPDATE: Apple Mac Mini Based on Nvidia Ion
UPDATE: Apple Mac Mini Based on Nvidia Ion
tomshardware.com — A large portion of the Apple Mac community is waiting for Apple to refresh the Mac Mini... line. We learned today that the next generation of Mac Mini computers will be based on Nvidia's Ion platform. An Nvidia partner confirmed to us that Apple was the ... (more) UPDATE: Apple Mac Mini Based on Nvidia Ion
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Apple sales data: Half empty, half full
Apple sales data: Half empty, half full
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — It continues to amaze me that analysts who specialize in Apple ( AAPL ) can look at... the same data and come to such different conclusions. Case in point: Reports issued Tuesday morning by Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi and Piper ... (more) Apple sales data: Half empty, half full
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Daily Apple: CNBC Banning, Atomic Mini, Knife Music, and 4G [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... Intel-based Atom Mac Mini to Appear in March - Beware the Ides of March, for they could bring under-powered Mac Minis to the masses. They’d be based on Nvidia’s new Ion platform, which also uses the GeForce 9400M graphics card found in unibody aluminum MacBooks. ...

What Apple didn’t announce at Macworld Expo
The Apple Core — ... opportunities probably made a lot of people livid, announcing everything above would have amounted to an eight hour keynote. Does the lack of announcements at Macworld Expo mean that Apple is further de-emphasizing the importance of the almighty “trade show,” instead deciding to announce new products on their own terms? Or were the products simply not ready in time? a.k.a. the Paul Masson approach, “We’ll sell no wine before its time.” Tough to say, but at least the Mac mini refresh appears to be getting closer , with a March announcement being floated by MacRumors. ...

Is This the (Rear) Face of the New Mac Mini? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... Monthy goes on to describe the internal specs of the new hardware, which include a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 3MB L2 Cache and 2GB of DDR3 RAM at 1066MHz, and a SATA HD (no word on base size). While not totally unthinkable, these do conflict with earlier reports that Apple would be moving to an Atom-based platform, with recent rumors even pointing to a device built around NVIDIA’s upcoming Ion platform. ...

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