Apple Unveils IPod Speaker System

Reaching further into living rooms, Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday introduced a speaker system for its iPod music players and a revamped Mac Mini computer that will let users access music, video and photos across their home networks.

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Back in March, when I reviewed the previous Mac mini models—officially called the Mac mini (Early 2009)—Apple's smallest desktop computer had just received a long-overdue refresh: it had been 19 months since the company had touched the Mac mini line.

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And the more popular Hulu becomes, the less compelling Apple's strategy of renting and selling video content online is, says Gartner (IT) analyst Michael McGuire. "Over time, perhaps the direct-payment model goes away," he says. I strongly disagree.

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For nerdier types, the Mac mini can serve as a media-center computer when hooked up to an HDTV and tricked out with a television tuner for TiVo-ish functionality (along with the option to Web-stream TV shows via sites like Hulu).

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The company surprised Wall Street by announcing a refreshed desktop line today. But while surprises are always nice, this one feels about as exciting as getting a new necktie for Christmas.

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The Mac Mini was not left out of Apple's upgrade of their entire desktop lineup today. The Mac mini now has up to 320 GB of internal storage, a faster 2.26 Core 2 Duo processor, and supports up to 4GB of RAM.

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In addition to updating its Mac Minis this morning, Apple has new iMacs. Each of the four default models received an update, so we'll break them out below list-style for convenience, with new specs in bold.

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Apple will launch an upgrade to its low-end desktop, the Mac Mini, at January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, according to an Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com.

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Having read a blog post speculating that a discontinuation of the current Mac mini line overseas may be indicative of the product's ultimate demise, one advocate of the tiny desktops fired off an email with his concerns to Apple's newly-crowned Mac hardware engineering chief Bob  …

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Despite Internet rumors of forthcoming product releases, an Apple representative confirmed that the company has no plans to release any new products before the holidays. "Our holiday line-up is set," Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Macworld.

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Anticipated refreshes of the iMac and Mac mini could happen as early as next week, according to anonymous sources.

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Psystar is offering an OpenMac made of standard PC parts on its Web site for $399.99 -- and it's claimed to run the latest version of Mac OS X.

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Apple Inc.'s Mac mini, a tiny desktop system previously pegged for extinction, won't fade into the distance after all, at least not yet.

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Apple may have tipped its hand and revealed a near-term update to its 13-inch MacBooks and potentially its Mac minis, based on files discovered inside Mac OS X Leopard's system folders.

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there are a number of products out there that may be able to give you what you want, in some cases without having to pay the $299 it takes to have an Apple TV. You decide.

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We approach all Apple-related rumors with skepticism, but sometimes we get a certain feeling about them, and today's from Mac OS Rumors gives us that tingle of plausibility.

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[W]hen an email comes in from a reputable source (thanks, Mr. X) with supposed details on Tuesday's product announcement... well, we gotta let you all know. Pile on the disclaimers (this is a rumor!) and here we go.

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It's supposedly the best of both worlds - the stability and security of a Unix operating system with an easy end-user interface. It's Mac OS X, and we spend 30 days using it to find out what Apple has to offer over Windows. The "30 Days" saga continues...

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Technophiles are eagerly waiting to learn whether the king of digital music can colonize an entirely new category of consumer electronics.

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Two screens good

I'd read all the stuff about efficiency being improved by having more screen real-estate, but I wasn't sure I believed it.

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This is a good word from an end user.

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Apple continues to set trends as opposed to react to trends. They'll make downloading movies for a somewhat reasonable dime something resembling respectable and doable for those families that have some means by which to watch the movies.

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Alongside a complete revamp of its iMac product line on Wednesday, Apple Computer also quietly updated its petite line of Mac mini desktop computers with faster Intel Core Duo processors at no additional cost.The $799 model now includes a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up fro …

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It didn't work five years ago, but a rejuvenated image and fast-approaching holiday shopping season have returned Apple Computer to Circuit City, where this month it will again try its hand at selling Macs.

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As with the Mac mini G4, Apple seems to have upgraded the Mac mini models without much emphasis, as reported by SuperG: I have ordered a Mac mini Core solo with 1GB of RAM last Saturday to use it as a server, and what a surprise when I received the box!

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Also talk of possible connection between Wii and Mac mini.

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