Posts about Mac Rumors as of October 20, 2009
10/20/2009
Calling it a “new, mightier mini,” Apple (s aapl0 updated its smallest desktop with special attention to the optical drive. No, Blu-ray wasn’t added, rather Apple now offers a model with no optical drive at all. However, contrary to rumors and wish-fulfillment on my part, Apple did not lower the price of the entry-level mini to [...]
10/20/2009
Calling it a “new, mightier mini,” Apple (s aapl0 updated its smallest desktop with special attention to the optical drive. No, Blu-ray wasn’t added, rather Apple now offers a model with no optical drive at all. However, contrary to rumors and wish-fulfillment on my part, Apple did not lower the price of the entry-level mini to $499. On the low end, the $599 Mac mini has a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, up from 2.0GHz, and 2GB of RAM, up from a measly 1GB, and a 160GB hard drive, up from 120GB.
10/20/2009
Though the rumors were obviously out there some time ago—and generally accurate—everyone is still sort of shellshocked by the tidal wave of Apple Mac announcements from earlier today—the new iMac and MacBook, the new Mac mini, Magic Mouse, and the comparatively minor Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and Apple Remote stuff. So I’ll just say briefly what’s on our collective minds right now: Bravo, Apple. There wasn’t…
10/20/2009
If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Update:As of 6:55AM PT, the Apple store is down pending update.Apple rumors are never clear-cut, but they’ve never been as weird as they are today. It all started when Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, dared Daring Fireball’s John Gruber about a host of new Apple products due to be unveiled today.
