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Apple today announced enhancements to its Mac mini line, with 512MB of memory standard in every model and prices starting at US$499. The Mac mini also features built-in wireless networking with AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth starting at $599, and the ability to burn DVDs with a SuperDrive for $699. The Mac mini lineup includes three models: 1.25 GHz Mac mini, 1.42 GHz Mac mini and the new 1.42 GHz Mac mini with SuperDrive for burning DVDs and CDs. Read More

Apple recently released its developer note for the Mac mini, which was introduced in January at Macworld Expo. The document offers a plethora of detailed information regarding the new machine, including its internal design, input-output features, and expansion capabilities. [Link credit to Daring Fireball] Read More

Tom Gromak of the Detroit News says Apple’s Mac mini is a great alternative to low-cost PCs. “Hardly a week goes by that I don’t get asked the same question at least once or twice: ‘I need a computer, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. What do you recommend?’ Until a few weeks ago, my pat answer was to send those folks clicking through the Dell Web site, looking for the basic Inspiron series of PCs. Not any more. Not since one of Apple’s Mac Minis took up residence on my desktop.

BusinessWeek’s Stephen Wildstrom is the latest to sing the praises of Apple’s new Mac mini. “The new Mac Mini, starting at an impressively low US$499, brings Apple into the consumer mainstream. As you would expect for a product from Steven Jobs’s Apple, it is utterly unlike anything else on the market,” writes Wildstrom. “Lovely as the Mini is, software is the more compelling reason to buy it. Mac OS X offers the best combination of elegance and stability of any operating system.

MacMinute readers are reporting that Apple has begun shipping Mac mini orders from the company’s online store. The Mac mini, which was introduced at Macworld Conference & Expo last week, will be made available in Apple’s retail stores this Saturday. The low-cost Mac mini comes with either a 1.25GHz ($499) or 1.42GHz ($599) G4 processor, ATI Radeon 9200 graphic card, and either a 40GB or 80GB hard drive.

Apple today introduced the much-rumored Mac mini, a new system the company calls “the most affordable and compact Mac ever.” Starting at US$499, the Mac mini comes with either a 1.25 GHz or 1.42 GHz G4 processor and ATI Radeon 9200 graphics with 32MB of dedicated DDR memory. Both models come with a slot-load Combo drive (DVD/CD-R).