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Geekbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks): Yesterday I posted Xbench benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer against the latest shipping Mac mini and all three Apple notebook computers and the Open Computer beat the Mac mini 147 to 99. Some suggested Geekbench 2 benchmarks should also be run. If you're not familiar with...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Xbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks): I've completed some initial Benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer. The results below are from Xbench 1.3 running on the following systems: Psystar Open Computer, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2 Mac mini, 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2 ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Memory, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-14
The media center keyboard Apple should have made: I've been bugging Apple forever to release a Bluetooth keyboard with a built-in trackpad for use with a Mac media center. The problem is that Apple won't listen because they'd prefer that we buy an Apple TV and use their teensy stick-of-gum Front Row remote. Bah. ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Media Center PC, Problem, Apple Inc., Keyboards, Media Center PCs, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Asus Nova P22: Asus and its laptops have had some success in recent years, but we haven't seen too much from the Taiwanese vendor on the desktop side of things. Enter the Nova P22. This small form factor desktop makes a direct run at Apple's Mac Mini. It succeeds in that the...; Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Semiconductors, ASUS, Nova, Asus Nova P22, Nova P22, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh; Product reviews 2008-02-19
Apple Mac mini EFI Firmware Update (dmg): This EFI Firmware Update fixes several Boot Camp, start up, and wake-from-sleep issues on Mac mini computers. After the firmware update is successfully applied to your computer, your Boot ROM Version will be: MM11.0055.B08 You can confirm the version of the Boot ROM installed on your computer using System Profiler....; Tags: Apple Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Firmware Update, Apple Inc., Firmware, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-11-14

My Mac mini experience - Thoughts on the Mac mini: My Mac mini experience - Thoughts on the Mac miniNo lightsNo lights is a bummer when you are troubleshooting. No nic lights means you can't tell at a glance if you have a network connection. No hard drive light means when you think the machine is locked up...; Tags: Desktops, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Mac mini experience; Discussion threads 2007-11-13
My Mac mini experience - Thoughts on the Mac mini: Now that the Mac mini has found a place within the PC Doc HQ, it's time for me to post some of my thoughts on the hardware side of this Mac. The Mac mini is a pretty impressive bit of kit really. The idea that a PC...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Power Supply, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-13
Macs cost less than PCs - if you erase the disks: Macs cost less than PCs - if you erase the disksOK, a couple of pointsFirst, how many of us trade in our computers every year? Maybe you guys in the press can afford to do that, but the rest of us try to get several years out of our...; Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, PC, disk; Discussion threads 2007-11-08
Reader Poll: Mac Mini for Leopard Server?: Reader Poll: Mac Mini for Leopard Server?Mac Mini as a ServerI have been running Mac OS X Tiger Server happily on an original Mac Mini for about 18 months for light home use. It serves up my music library. I have a 300Gb USB 2.0 Drive attached. The thing just...; Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Leopard Server, server; Discussion threads 2007-11-06
Reader Poll: Mac Mini for Leopard Server?: After years of installing and managing Unix, Windows and Mac servers, I'm happily settled on Mac OS X Server 10.4 running on an old G4 system, but recently I received my upgrade Mac OS X 10.5 Server, or "Leopard Server," and it looks like an ideal small workgroup server (of...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Server, Apple Inc., Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2007-11-05
My Mac mini - Initial thoughts: My Mac mini - Initial thoughtsRemote and Noise LevelAs I recall you need to pop the battery out of the remote and remove a bit of tape so that it then makes contact. But I got my mini (well, 2nd mini) about 2.5 months ago, so trying to go of...; Tags: Keyboards, Mice, mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., mouse, keyboard, Apple Intel Mac Mini; Discussion threads 2007-11-02
My Mac mini - Initial thoughts: We've had the Mac mini at the PC Doc HQ for nearly a week now and while the system isn't fully integrated into the ecosystem, it's not been left to gather dust either. So, with a week under my belt, I thought I'd pass on my initial thoughts about Apple's smallest...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-02
The Leopard has landed - The Mac OS X 10.5 upgrade process: Last night I took a trip to my nearest Apple store a five hour round trip and came home with a new Mac mini. This Mac mini came pre-installed with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, but in the box with the Mac was an OS X 10.5 Leopard CPU drop-in...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Leopard, Registration Information Screen, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-10-27
Apple Mac Mini (1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo): Editor's note: While this is not a hands-on review of this specific model, we did review the higher-end 2.0GHz Mac Mini. This write-up of the 1.83GHz model is based on our experience with the more expensive one, which shares many of the same characteristics. At $599, the 1.83GHz Intel Core...; Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Mini, Intel Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh; Product reviews 2007-10-15
Which Mac should I get?: Which Mac should I get?24" iMacGo for the 24" iMac unless you feel you can't do without slots, in which case go for the MacProWell...I'm guessing you think of yourself as a power user, so... If you're overly mobile, then I'd say you should go for the MacBook Pro, if...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Mini, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook; Discussion threads 2007-10-12
Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e: We don't normally review business desktops here at CNET, the reason being that we try to stay focused on consumer products. Still, every once in a while we find a PC designed for the business world that also has crossover appeal as a home office system. Lenovo's new ThinkCentre A61e...; Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, IBM ThinkCentre, ThinkCentre A61e, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple Macintosh, Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2007-10-08
Lenovo launches green (and small) desktop: Lenovo launches green and small desktopBasis for belief?Are you certain that "most folks are replacing desktops with laptops"? Might not the word "supplementing" be better than "replacing"?For me, until the cursor pad disappears, replaced by a mouse, the laptop will remain an awkward novelty. And I am, of...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Lenovo Group Ltd., desktop, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
Apple Mac Mini (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo): At the same time it revamped its iMac, Apple also more quietly updated its smaller-scale Mac Mini desktops, adding a faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor in place of the old Core Duo chips. The result is more or less competitive performance compared to similar Windows PCs. The problem is...; Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Mini, Intel Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Intel Core 2 Duo, Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2007-08-27
The Mac mini 'smoke screen': The Mac mini 'smoke screen'It's not about saving money...You don't buy a MAC for saving money. You buy it for the quality. My parent's PCs crash at least once a day - my mac? Once every six months has a kernal panic. You want to tweak photos? Listen to music?...; Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, TCO, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple iMac; Discussion threads 2007-08-10
The Mac mini 'smoke screen': I just finished Chris Dawson's piece, My anti-Mac bias rears its ugly head, and it bought to mind a friendly discussion I had with one of my colleagues just yesterday about my favorite 'red herring' -- the perpetual claim that the Mac mini is Apple's answer to entry-level computing. Of...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-08-10