As I know a lot of my readers are Mac lovers (not the McDonalds type but the Apple type) so I though I would post the main basic specs of the new Apple line up for March 2009.
Mac Mini
The new Mac Mini see’s Mini DisplayPort and DVI plugs added, 5 USB ports and an upgraded Graphics card to the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M card and its more energy efficient.
| Mac Mini $599 |
Mac Mini $799 |
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
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Apple MacBook Pro
The new MacBook Pro see the 15” down in price (in the USA) and a slight CPU upgrade.
| 15” MacBook Pro $1,999.00 |
15” MacBook Pro $2,499.00 |
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB
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Apple iMacs
New iMacs see prices drop and the addition of a Mini DisplayPort video out, however the numeric part of the keyboard is now an optional extra!
| iMac 20-inch, $1,199 |
iMac 24-inch, $1,499 |
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
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- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
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| iMac 24-inch, $1,799 |
iMac 24-inch, $2,199 |
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- 8x double-layer SuperDrive
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- NVIDIA GT 120 with 256 MB memory
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- NVIDIA GT 130 with 512MB memory
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Mac Pro
The new Nehalem based Mac Pro is up to twice as fast as the original. Nehalem is basically a really cool bit of tech from Intel for their processors that allows the processor to deal with cache data and greater application performance.
| Mac Pro, $2,499 |
Mac Pro, $3,299 |
- One 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor with 8MB of L3 cache
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- two 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors with 8MB of shared L3 cache
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- 3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 8GB
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- 6GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 32GB
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- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
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- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
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- 640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm
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- 640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm
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- 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
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- 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
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- Mini DisplayPort and DVI (dual-link) for video output (adapters sold separately)
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- Mini DisplayPort and DVI (dual-link) for video output (adapters sold separately)
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- Four PCI Express 2.0 slots
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- Four PCI Express 2.0 slots
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- Five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports
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- Five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports
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- Ships with Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Mighty Mouse
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- Ships with Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Mighty Mouse
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(Based on info from Apple and Engadget, Check them out for more detailed reading)
