Apple Mac mini MA608LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

Average customer rating: 4.0

GREAT APPLE BUY
Apple skimmed out on the memory
Great digital entertainment hub!
Great computer.... still haven't found any flaws with it
Not as compatible as they say

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Apple Mac mini MA608LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Group: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers
ASIN: B000FMV1BK

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Product Description

Apple MA608LL/A Mac mini Desktop Computer - Apple is known around the world for its innovative computer design, and with the Mac mini they give you a powerful desktop computer in a case that's roughly the size of a lunchbox. But this is the best looking lunchbox you've ever seen, with its sleek, anodized aluminum enclosure, slot-loading optical drive and an array of ports on the rear section that makes cable management a breeze. Inside the Mac mini, you'll find a powerful Intel Core Duo Processor 1.83GHz, 512MB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM, a 80GB SATA Hard Drive, and much more. 80GB 5400RPM SATA HDD Slot-Loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive - (write speeds) up to 2.4x DL DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 24x CD-R, & 16x CD-RW Slot-Loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive - (read speeds) up to 8x DVD-ROM & 24x CD-ROM Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 64MB of shared memory (memory is shared with the main system) Ports - 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 FireWire 400, 4 USB 2.0, 1 DVI Out, 1 VGA Out (w/ included adapter), 1 S-Video and Composite Video Out, combined Optical Digital Audio In/Audio Line In, and Combined Optical Digital Audio Out/Headphone Out Built-in Speakers Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapter Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module Unit Dimensions - 2 (h) x 6.5 (w) x 6.5 (d) Unit Weight - 2.9 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

GREAT APPLE BUY.......2007-05-13

ORDERED THE MAC MINI WHICH WAS SHIPPED FROM AMAZON. QUICK SHIPMENT REC'VD WITHIN 3 DAYS.
AS ALWAYS MAC IS A GREAT PRODUCT.

Apple skimmed out on the memory.......2007-05-07

This product has potential. Its small form factor is great. However, out of the box you're limited unless you upgrade the 512 Megs of memory. These days anything less than 1Gig is too small. Disk space is also small but there are add-on coordinating products (ie. miniStack V2) that you can attach to address this limitation. I swapped out one of the 256 Dimm cards and replace it with a Gig which resulted in a 1.256 Gigs of Ram. Now I am happy with its performance.

Great digital entertainment hub!.......2007-05-06

I have had this computer for about 90 days now - and so far so good! I am very pleased with it!

I am using the mac mini in conjunction with the Mac bluetooth keyboard and 'super' mouse, and a G-Technology 500 GB RAID 1 G-Safe external HDD- as the 'digital hub' of my entertainment system. I have the mini plugged DVI to HDMI into a Panasonic 42" plasma.

(DO NOT BUY A LACIE 500 GB EXTERNAL DRIVE - see my other review)

I can't rate the mini five stars, as I have had to really do some 'tweaking' to get all of my peripherals up and running. However, if I wasn't using a plasma, a wireless network, and a Nokia phone it would have been a snap to set up.

After you start up the mini, it 'steps' you through the entire process.

IF you are using a link-sys, which I am, you have to add it as a 'preferred network' and then complete the network wizard - make sure you know your network configuration!

So far, I have about 250 GB of digital music and photos, and about 50 GB of TV and video in iTunes - which I use to manage all of the content. I have had no problems making DVD's with iDVD from photos or having multiple programs open - however, I did purchase my mini with 1 GB of RAM.

In addition, I sync my Nokia 9300 with iCal and the address book. My Nokia is updated via blackberry server from Outlook 2003 running on XP at work. Once I get close enough to the mini, the Nokia 9300 talks via bluetooth to the mini. I can then sync the 9300 with the mini using iSync. I sync one way - so I only have to maintain one contact list and one calendar (Outlook at work). I did have to purchase a 3rd party software program to get iSync to recognize my Nokia 9300. I purchased that program from a German company called Nova Media and it cost about 10 Euros.

I have been using PC since '93 and I must say the Mac mini is pleasantly surprising. I would defenitley recommend the mini to anyone.

Great computer.... still haven't found any flaws with it.......2007-04-20

I don't know if my review is fair since I can't compare this Mac mini to others because this is my first Mac in about 20 years, so I can compare it to my Windows PC.

Since there are very few things I didn't like about this Mac, I'll list them right away:

first I have the feeling I should've gone for an Imac since 800.00 for this Mac mini is expensive, don't get me wrong it works great and has almost everything I need but the Imac offers a lot more (LCD,keyboard, mouse, more RAM, more CPU,etc) for not much more dollars. But thats not a computer flaw is a miscalculation on my part mainly because I didnt want to spend more in case I didn't like the Mac world.

Its very dificult to upgrade, as I said I miscalculated the amount of work I would do on this litlle Mac, so I ended up buying it more RAM, since I've been around computers for quite a while I was able to install it myself without major problems, but an average user would surely need to take it to a shop adding cost to it.

The main things I have loved about this Mac:
- Its quiet and small, it takes as much space as my external HD.

- Im still blown about how easy to use almost everything is in OS X, I've been a MSDOS/Windows user for 20+ years and the adjustment to the Mac system isn't nearly as big as I thought it'd be. On the contrary, I found myself missing my Mac at work where I have a Compaq, I've gotten use to the conveience of the dashboard or changing windows/apps with the mighty mouse or setting up reminders on the iCal or how fast you find files or apps with Spotlight

- Bluetooth and networking, I got it working with my wireless network in a matter of seconds, I sent all my pics from my nokia through bluetooth with amazing ease. When I setted up my network it has always been a pain for my windows machines to comunicate with each other, I conected the Mac with my HP laptop right away, I still can't believe it!!

- NO ANTISPYWARE OR ANTIVIRUS, maybe some antivirus would be needed in the future, but not the annoying type like Norton.

- The software compability didn't hit me as much as I expected, at first I thought that with no Internet Explorer, the internet experience would be limited but I haven't missed it at all, I have replaced it with Netscape although my favorite is Firefox. My main concern was with the games I had for windows, small games which I expect to run with Parallels and a Windows copy.

- It uses Unix, I use several Unix applications at work so I may be able to replace the two machines with one Mac in the future.

To sum it up I can gladly say there is life after Windows, I plan to change each of my computers at work and laptop to Mac gradually, since I may still need to run some windows apps I can do it with parallels or bootcamp, and still enjoy the security of the Mac system most of the time.

Not as compatible as they say.......2007-03-28

I got this Mac and I loved it when it came out of the box. Less wires, looks great...........then I turned it on. First of all, when you put in a CD or DVD of any type, the thing sounds like it is eating the disc. Maybe mine is broken, but it definitely isn't a quiet purring little machine.

Secondly, I've had a home network for 2 years with Linksys components, and I've never had a problem. But not only does my Mac not connect to the network, but it crashes the entire thing so I have to reset my router for my laptop to connect. After hours on the phone with Apple's support team trying different configurations, their best advice was that I buy their AirPort base station......forget it, my network was fine before.

Thirdly, I figured that the Mac has Bluetooth, my Treo has Bluetooth....no problem, right? Wrong. They recognize each other, but they won't sync together. I've since read on numerous forums that the Mac has had this problem with syncing with Treos for quite a while. And of course, there is no fix; I have to use the same old wired cable that I used before.

All in all, I am not pleased with this computer. I'm going to give it two more weeks, and if I can't get these problems resolved, then I'm sending it right back to California.

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