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A Big Week For A Little Computer - Week 1 |
Plasticsmith announces Mac mini accessories
Monday January 31, 2005
 The Plasticsmith today announced a line of products for Apple's new Mac mini. The Mini Grand Stand ($34.95), available in clear acrylic or steel, gives the mini a protective covering while supporting an LCD or CRT monitor. The Mini Tower ($39.95 - pictured at right) is a custom made, flame-polished acrylic enclosure that turns the mini on its side for "a more dramatic presentation." The Mini Skirt ($19.95) is a 3/4-inch thick acrylic pedestal the size of the mini that gives the low-cost Mac "an even classier look."
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IOGEAR Launches Mac Mini Section
Monday January 31, 2005
 IOGEAR launches Mac Mini section to its website "Add the Mac Mini to your existing PC or Mac system with our new Miniview KVM. Increase the numbers of USB and Firewire ports with our hubs and hub/card readers. Quadruple the amount of storage capacity with our elegant ION Drives. If you're a Mac mini-minded, You've come to the right place!" IOGEAR is a leading connectivity and peripheral manufacturer that provides complete KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse), FireWire, USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1 / 2.0, Bluetooth and HomePlug solutions, targeting home users, mobile users and small to medium sized businesses.
IOGEAR Mac Mini Section
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Overclock your Mac mini to as much as 1.58GHz?
Thursday February 3, 2005
 Leo Bodnar a Mac mini enthusiast may have found a way to overclock the Mac mini to as much as 1.58GHz. "Just like in any other Mac with 744x CPU, the speed is controlled by the jumpers. Here is the bottom of the board. Or whatever you call it. Many years ago there were component side and solder side. Now I don't know... But before you rush into it, take a look at the size of the jumpers. Read 7447's datasheet if you are interested. Jumpers are located in the area directly under CPU."
The jumper settings suggest to us that there are perhaps some more speed grades of the Mac Mini to come in future months, with up to 1.58GHz apparently being supported by this revision of the board.
So if you're feeling crazy enough to open your Mac mini and remove a few soldered jumpers to gain a couple hunderd MHz, void your warranty and more than likely have an unstable system, this news is just for you. We'll pass but it's pretty interesting!
Leo Bodnar
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Apple's Mac Mini: Half the server at a quarter of the price
Thursday February 3, 2005
 Load test are performed by Tenon and Macminicolo.net on a low-end Mac mini to validate their claim that the Mac mini was a suitable web server platform for 80% of the web sites on the market.
The tests measured the performance of a 1.25Ghz Mac mini compared to a 1.8Ghz dual-G5. Both servers were running Mac OS X 10.3.7 and the Apache 2.0.50 web server under iTools. The Mac mini had been outfitted with an extra 256MB of memory, otherwise the system was a stock release from Apple. The dual-G5 also had 512MB of memory and a 140GB disk - also a readily available stock Apple configuration for about $2145.
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