Yo yo wordup from the Stevenote - Apple’s biggin it wit new products

February 28th, 2006 · No Comments

I can’t believe I typed that. You know why I did? No, wait, there’s another reason.

Apple’s new iPod Hi-Fi.

ipod hi-fi

The Hi-Fi has a Universal Dock into which you can slide your iPod and another spot on the back for an iPod shuffle. Looks OK, if nothing special, if the audio output of this is good I’d consider it. Word.

Jobs

Would you like a new Mac? Have the new Mac-mini, in two models. It’s way more CPU horsepower but, and this is a huge but, the GFX still sucks and it isn’t the Mac media centre you’ve been waiting for. Jedi or no Jedi.

1.5GHz Intel Core Single
1.5GHz Intel Core Solo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
60GB Serial ATA hard drive
Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Price: Starts at $599.00

1.67 GHz Intel Core Dual
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD R DL/DVDÂ±RW/CD-RW)
Price:Â Starts at $799.00

mac-mini

You want more? How about a leather iPod case? Impressed? Well, no me neither. It costs an astounding 99 USD as well.

The fun announcement was the iPod Hi-Fi, but I like the mini best. That wee sucker will be my next desktop PC, eventually. One day. Some time after I buy the MacBook Pro revision two.