CAN IT any coincidence that just months before Apple announced Intel-based machines in January 2006, it hired away Cameron Rogers, a clever marketing guy who used to work at
Shuttle, a Taiwanese firm which pioneered the lunch box?
We don't think so.
Anyroadmap, Apple today introduced Mac Mini little PCs which also use the Intel Core Solo and Dual processors - with the cheaper one costing a rather heart fibrillating $600 if you add the extra $1 draper's disease tax.
Apple claims Intel chips give four times more "horsepower" than the stuff it used to bung inside its Mac Minis.
Each machine includes 512MB of mem, has Gigglebit Ethernet, Firewire and USB.
Small is beautiful, chortled Apple on its web site, although trademarking this one will be
tough. The 1.5GHz Core Solo cheapo one has a 60GB hard drive and an optical reader.
The more expensive Core Duo Intel Mac Mini Macinteltosh costs $800. That one has a 1.67GHz Core Duo Intel chipolata and an 80GB drive.
Lest you forget, remember that not very long from now the price of Intel Core Duo and Solo chips will drop by quite a significant amount. And that not much later Intel will introduce "Merom" processors based on its NextGenChips. An analysis of the BOM (bill of materials) for the Mac Mini would be most interesting. We figure Apple doesn't get any Inside co-marketing, so it probably gets a very good deal on the Intel chips instead. The Mac Minis can use TVs but there's no sign of any Intel Viiv branding around.
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