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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo</h1></div>
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<p>Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo<br />
New Mac mini Delivers Performance Up to Four Times Faster</p>
<p>CUPERTINO, California--February 28, 2006--Apple today unveiled the new Mac<br />
mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance up to four<br />
times faster than its predecessor and providing even greater expansion in<br />
the same innovative and incredibly compact design.* Starting at just $599,<br />
the Mac mini is the most affordable way to enjoy iLife '06, the next<br />
generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle<br />
applications, and features the Apple Remote and Front Row so you can play<br />
your music, enjoy your photo slideshows, watch your DVDs, iMovies, music<br />
videos and television shows from across the room.</p>
<p>"With the new Mac mini, Apple has now moved 50 percent of its entire<br />
product line to Intel within 60 days--a record transition," said Philip<br />
Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.<br />
"The new Mac mini is now up to four times faster with the Intel Core Duo,<br />
includes even greater expansion in the same incredibly compact design, and<br />
is the most affordable way to enjoy Front Row and iLife '06."</p>
<p>Featuring the next generation of Apple's breakthrough Front Row media<br />
experience, the new Mac mini gives customers a simple way to enjoy their<br />
digital lifestyle content on the Mac mini including music, photos and<br />
videos from across the room using the Apple Remote. With the latest version<br />
of Front Row, customers can now effortlessly access shared iTunes<br />
playlists, iPhoto libraries and video throughout their home via Bonjour,<br />
Apple's zero configuration wireless networking built into Mac OS X.</p>
<p>The new Mac mini offers a completely new system architecture for<br />
performance up to four times as fast as the previous Mac mini, including a<br />
667 MHz front-side bus and 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB.<br />
With the latest high-performance connectivity options, every new Mac mini<br />
now includes built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed<br />
networking, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi for fast 54 Mbps wireless<br />
networking**, built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) and a total<br />
of four USB 2.0 ports, twice as many as the previous generation. Mac mini<br />
includes a DVI interface and a VGA-out adapter to easily connect to a<br />
variety of displays, including many of today's most popular flat panel<br />
televisions, and now features both analog and digital audio outputs to<br />
easily connect to a home stereo.</p>
<p>The new Mac mini includes iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's<br />
award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new<br />
versions of iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and introducing iWeb, a new<br />
iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with<br />
photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone<br />
on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications<br />
are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel-based Mac<br />
mini for maximum performance.</p>
<p>Every new Mac mini comes with the latest release of the world's most<br />
advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" including Safari,<br />
Mail, iCal, iChat AV and Front Row, running natively. Mac OS X Tiger<br />
includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that<br />
lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.***</p>
<p>Pricing & Availability<br />
The new Mac mini is shipping today and will be available through the Apple<br />
Store (<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.</p>
<p>The new 1.5 GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of $599 (US), includes:</p>
<p> * 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor;<br />
* 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable up to 2GB;<br />
* a slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) drive;<br />
* 60GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm;<br />
* Intel GMA950 graphics processor;<br />
* built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;<br />
* Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 BASE-T);<br />
* four USB 2.0 ports;<br />
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting<br />
both optical digital and analog;<br />
* DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,<br />
Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately); and<br />
* the infrared Apple Remote.</p>
<p>The new 1.66 GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of $799 (US), includes:</p>
<p> * 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;<br />
* 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable up to 2GB;<br />
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R<br />
DL/DVD+-RW/CD-RW);<br />
* 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm;<br />
* Intel GMA950 graphics processor;<br />
* built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;<br />
* Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 BASE-T);<br />
* four USB 2.0 ports;<br />
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both<br />
optical<br />
digital and analog;<br />
* DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,<br />
Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately); and<br />
* the infrared Apple Remote.</p>
<p>Build-to-order options and accessories include up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB,<br />
100GB and 120GB Serial ATA hard drives, iWork '06 (pre-installed), AirPort<br />
Express and AirPort Extreme Base Station, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple<br />
Wireless Mouse, Apple USB Modem and the AppleCare Protection Plan.</p>
<p>The new Mac mini line is also available to education customers in the US<br />
and Canada through the Apple Store for Education at<br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/education/store" title="www.apple.com/education/store">www.apple.com/education/store</a> or by calling an Apple education sales<br />
representative at 800-800-APPL.</p>
<p>* Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate<br />
tests. SPEC is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation<br />
Corporation (SPEC); see <a href="http://www.apple.com/macmini" title="http://www.apple.com/macmini">http://www.apple.com/macmini</a> for more information.<br />
** Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station,<br />
environmental conditions and other factors.<br />
*** See <a href="http://www.apple.com/rosetta/" title="http://www.apple.com/rosetta/">http://www.apple.com/rosetta/</a> for information on Rosetta supported<br />
Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for 3rd party software.</p>
<p>Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple<br />
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.<br />
Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its<br />
award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and<br />
iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital<br />
music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online<br />
music store.</p>
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