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Title: Apple Mac mini 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo
Pros: Same low price, Faster Core 2 Duo processors, Doubled RAM as standard, Enlarged hard drives
Cons: Slow graphics card, 1.83GHz model only has 2MB (L2 cache)
Verdict: Faster chips, bigger drives and a better quota of RAM bring the Mac mini up to date
Summary: While Apple was stealing headlines with its latest iMac design, it also quietly upgraded the Mac mini with a Core 2 Duo processor, thereby completing the integration of the faster Intel chips across its whole Mac line-up
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80/100 |
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Title: Apple Mac Mini media PC
Pros: >, , Tiny, , Virtually silent, , Comes bundled with excellent iLife 06 software, , ,
Cons: Sometimes sluggish performance Lack of display, keyboard or mouse
Verdict: A great-looking computer from Apple that's incredibly small and quiet. If you don't already own a monitor and keyboard, it's not quite the steal it first looks, however.
Summary: Apple's pint-sized PC is back and better...
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80/100 |
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Title: Apple iMac (24-inch, 2.8GHz)
Pros: Industry-leading design, Big, beautiful display, Excellent application performance
Cons: Higher-end model features same midrange graphics card of lower-end models, Free phone support ends after 90 days, Might want to hold off until Leopard is released to save yourself the cost of an OS upgrade
Verdict: With the same elegant design as its 20-inch, 2.4GHz sibling, the 24-inch, 2.8GHz iMac offers 30 percent more screen area and a modest performance boost. The iMac competes with the PC desktop market now better than perhaps any previous Mac to date, but the
Summary: A slight bump to the specifications for the same price, the option to upgrade the graphics means the 24-inch iMac keeps the Editors' Choice it earned last year.
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81/100 |
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Title: Apple Mac Pro Dual-Core Xeon 5150 2.66 GHz
Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior; great value for the baseline configuration; strong multicore CPU performance.
Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's; weak support plan.
Verdict: Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, especially fo
Summary: Professional designers, digital media hobbyists, and those simply into great design: meet your new lust object. Apple's new Mac Pro ($2,499 for the base model) is a winner on multiple levels. From the outside, it looks great--far more put together than an
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80/100 |
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Title: Apple iMac (24-inch, 2.8GHz)
Pros: Industry-leading design, Big, beautiful display, Excellent application performance
Cons: Higher-end model features same midrange graphics card of lower-end models, Free phone support ends after 90 days, Might want to hold off until Leopard is released to save yourself the cost of an OS upgrade
Verdict: With the same elegant design as its 20-inch, 2.4GHz sibling, the 24-inch, 2.8GHz iMac offers 30 percent more screen area and a modest performance boost. The iMac competes with the PC desktop market now better than perhaps any previous Mac to date, but the
Summary: A slight bump to the specifications for the same price, the option to upgrade the graphics means the 24-inch iMac keeps the Editors' Choice it earned last year.
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81/100 |
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