Manufacturer's Description

Live the digital life in stylish simplicity. Just 6.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, Mac mini provides what you need to have more fun with your music, photos and movies - right out of the box.

Get a Mac for Less
The modular design of Mac mini lets you upgrade your current system to the elegance, simplicity and reliability of Macintosh. If you already own a monitor, keyboard and mouse, you can get up and running in minutes. Or choose any combination of new devices to meet your individual situation. And yes, Mac mini will take advantage of your two-button USB mouse with scroll-wheel and your favourite USB keyboard. Just plug them in.

It Just Works
Manage your music for iPod or organize and share your digital pictures with ease. Connect your digital camcorder to Mac mini and start editing your masterpiece. Or plug in your electric guitar or keyboard and make music. How? With iLife, a suite of easy-to-use applications ready to turn your life into a digital wonderland. And Mac OS X makes it effortless - you won't have to install extra drivers when you add hardware to your system.

Mac mini also offers all the software that you need to finally enjoy the Internet hassle-free - including email, chat and a web browser that blocks popup ads. You also get a DVD player, calendar software, an address book, faxing and a way to download your contacts to your cell phone or iPod. You can balance your check book with Quicken 2005. And when you want to take a break, play the 3D games Nanosaur 2 and Marble Blast Gold.

Inexpensive, But Never Cheap
All that, and not an inch of wasted space. Apple engineers designed this small wonder from the ground up to deliver the most Mac for the least pounds. Inside its petite 2-inch tall, 6.5-inch square anodized aluminum enclosure, Mac mini houses a 1.25GHz G4 processor, 40GB hard drive, a slot-loading CD-R/DVD-ROM optical drive, 256MB DDR SDRAM and ATI Radeon 9200 graphics chip with 32MB dedicated DDR SDRAM - all whisper-quiet.

Connect your digital devices, such as cameras, iPod, printer, camcorder or keyboard to the Mac mini over USB 2.0 or FireWire. Built-in 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and a 56K v.92 fax modem give you access to broadband or dial-up connections to the Internet. A headphone/audio line-out jack lets you listen to stereo sound.

Enjoy iLife '05
Do more with your pictures, music and movies
Make a movie of baby's first steps, graduation or wedding, instantly. Just plug in your camcorder and iMovie does the rest. Share it with the family via email, the web or DVD.1 Or play it on your HDTV. Download songs from the iTunes Music Store. Make a mix playlist for your next house party or let iTunes deejay by using the Party Shuffle feature. Design your own coffee-table book using the photos from your parents' 25th wedding anniversary. Email photos of your graduation to the entire family. Record a song for that special someone in your life - then burn it to an audio CD as a gift. Play your latest guitar riffs at a party, backed by GarageBand and your Mac mini. Create a soundtrack for your iPhoto slideshow or iMovie project. Post your iMix of love songs on the iTunes Music Store for the world to enjoy. Back up an entire season of soccer photos on CD or DVD.1

Stay Connected - Securely
Safely access and use the Internet right away
Get connected to the Internet in minutes. Browse the Web with Safari, the fastest browser on the Mac. Safari also will block popup ads if you choose. Send and receive email, while filtering out the junk. Share files with your old Windows machine. Talk over any 56K dialup or better connection.2 Enjoy video conferencing in full screen.3 Share your net connection with other computers in your house. Protect your Mac mini with a built-in firewall.

Get the Best User Experience
Delight in Panther's simple elegance
Navigate open windows quickly with Exposé. Set up individual accounts for each family member and choose which applications your kids can use. Watch DVDs in widescreen on an HDTV. Use dozens of high quality fonts in your documents and organize them with Font Book. Let the screensaver protect your Mac mini when you step out for a break. Correct misspelled words with the built-in spell-checker, even in chat. View PDF files three times faster than you can in Windows. Wake the Mac mini from sleep instantly, with optional password verification. Best of all, Mac OS X will never nag you about cleaning up icons on your desktop when you're in the middle of a train of thought, six chats or a sweet groove.

Get Organized
Keep your contacts and make your dates
Keep all your contacts in one convenient Address Book. Organize your busy schedule in iCal. Publish a calendar on the web. Add your favourite sports team's schedule to iCal. Notify family, friends and coworkers when your contact info changes. Print labels using a variety of Avery label templates. Sync your contacts and calendars to your PDA or mobile phone. Print a copy of your Address Book to go.

Do More
Get real world stuff done
Balance your checkbook in a snap with Quicken 2005 for Mac. Use AppleWorks 6 to write a book report, keep a database of your wine inventory, make party invitations or create simple spreadsheets.

Have Fun
Take a break
Indulge your sense of whimsy with Nanosaur 2 and Marble Blast Gold, included with the Mac mini. Fly a pterodactyl loaded with hi-tech weaponry, blast enemy dinos and save eggs or try your skill against another dino pilot in two-player racing, capture the flag or battle. Or race marbles through powerful fans, whirling tornados, land mines, pinball-style bumpers and narrow catwalks.

Mac mini with SuperDrive option required to burn DVDs.
iSight or other microphone and Internet connection required for audio chat.
iSight or other FireWire camera and broadband Internet connection required for video chat.
Digital life software included.

Encourage Vivid Imaginations
So nothing should get in the way of that creative flow, least of all the computer itself. You should only see your latest masterpiece, not the imperfections of technology. That's why Apple engineers pay so much attention to graphics. Mac mini sports a full-fledged ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB dedicated DDR SDRAM over an AGP 4x bus.

Choose Flexible Displays
Mac mini provides a DVI connector so you can take advantage of the clarity a pure digital signal provides on LCDs with a digital interface. Of course, you can use Mac mini with almost any display with a DVI connector, or use the VGA adapter to connect a CRT or LCD monitor that uses analogue signal.

See It All Clearly
What's more, all the parts of the Mac mini add up to give you a superior visual experience. Take Mac OS X, for instance; its graphics capabilities far outshine other operating systems. Mac OS X offers a stunning user interface, called Aqua, in which pleasant touches abound, from shadows behind windows to transparent menus and from fun genie effects to the advanced window navigation of Exposé. PCs won't offer such nuanced views for years, if ever. For 3D games and graphics, Mac OS X uses OpenGL and takes it to the next level with seamless hardware integration.

Do More Simultaneously
Your Mac mini uses its dedicated graphics chip to offload visual tasks from the main CPU. So the G4 processor doesn't have to worry about layering windows, moving them around, scrolling through web pages or worse, figuring out the pattern umpteen laser beams make when reflected off a shielded spaceship during combat. The Radeon 9200 takes care of all that, and does a better job than a general purpose CPU since it's designed especially for such tasks. Even better, the Radeon 9200 gets to use 32MB of dedicated memory, which lets the G4 processor use all of its RAM for other tasks. That means you can run many more programs at once.

Pint-sized Perfection
The result? A machine you don't actually mind putting atop your desk. At just 16.5 cm square and just over 5 cm tall, Mac mini fits anywhere. Its sleek anodised aluminium styling hints at the refined edges and rounded corners of its big brother, the iMac G5. A reflective white cover picks up the tones of your home decor and makes the ideal mate to put next to your iPod dock. Best of all, Mac mini purrs along at a whisper-quiet sound level, so there's no reason to hide it under your desk. In fact, Mac mini puts the digital lifestyle right at your fingertips. Pop a DVD into the slot-loading combo drive or make a mix CD. Connect your iPod, digital camera, printer or DV camcorder via FireWire or USB ports on the back. Surf the Internet over Ethernet, modem or optional AirPort wireless.

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