Apple unveils all new, completely redesigned unibody Mac mini

Mac Daily News ^ | 6/15/2010

[Swordmaker]

Apple today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at $699, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS, iLife or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.

“The sleek, aluminum Mac mini packs great features, versatility and value into an elegant, amazingly compact design,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, in the press release. “With twice the graphics performance, HDMI support and industry-leading energy efficiency, customers are going to love the new Mac mini.”

Created with the unibody construction process pioneered by Apple, the new Mac mini features a compact aluminum enclosure just 7.7 inches square and 1.4 inches thin. A new integrated power supply eliminates the need for an external power adapter, reducing overall system volume by 20 percent and keeping cable clutter to a minimum. A removable panel underneath provides quick access for memory expansion. Mac mini is incredibly versatile, effortlessly connecting to existing peripherals such as mice, keyboards and digital displays, while the new HDMI output connects Mac mini to an HDTV and the new SD card slot enables easy transfer of photos and videos from a digital camera.

[AFreeBird]

okay Obiwan, Riddle me this.

I have a Vista partition on my laptop that I synced my iPad with, and I have a Win7 VirtualBox on the Linux partition that has my iPhone data. How do I merge those two data sets over to my MAC so I don’t have to wipe my iDevices, and start over from scratch rebuilding them?

[dennisw]

In that case keep the one you got

[PA Engineer]

Looks like a nifty redesign, and the unit is tailor-made as a media server, especially with the HDMI port.

This is what I have been waiting for. I have AppleTV, but was waiting for an online media server for our network (including remote game cameras and weather station). This is going to be a blast.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh heh... HDMI... gosh, I wonder what that could be for, gee whiz... ;’)

[ReignOfError]

So if I have a wireless connection in my house, could I connect to the mini from a Windows laptop, just like I can use Windows Remote Connection on another Windows box?

Yes. Apple's Remote Access uses VNC, and there are plenty of Windows clients, most of them free. You can also work it the other direction; Microsoft makes an RDC client for Mac.