FedEx just dropped off my Mac mini
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brianleahy
Colonel Panic
It occurs to me that the Mini may be the first Mac that could be shipped US mail, and even left in most people's mailboxes...
chadwick
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Some notes that people have asked about (don't know if these have been covered already):
1. It does have an external powerbrick.
2. I didn't plug in a USB keyboard and mouse, and it was able to find my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse as part of its initial startup. It was slow to find devices, though. It was probably because the devices were still paired with my iBook at first.
3. Power consumption under full load is 28W, boot is 38W peak, and at idle is 16W.
4. No fan noise at all.
1. It does have an external powerbrick.
2. I didn't plug in a USB keyboard and mouse, and it was able to find my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse as part of its initial startup. It was slow to find devices, though. It was probably because the devices were still paired with my iBook at first.
3. Power consumption under full load is 28W, boot is 38W peak, and at idle is 16W.
4. No fan noise at all.
symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
Congratulations, Chadwick!
And how would you turn it back on again. Click on the Bluetooth icon and ... oh, right.
I'm really interested in this. Firstly, can you post a picture of the power-brick, preferably with something to compare it to size-wise. Is it nicely designed? Is it similar to the laptop adapters and Airport Express in appearance?
Also, any other pics you might feel like taking would be cool.
quiksan said:
And how would you turn it back on again. Click on the Bluetooth icon and ... oh, right.
I'm really interested in this. Firstly, can you post a picture of the power-brick, preferably with something to compare it to size-wise. Is it nicely designed? Is it similar to the laptop adapters and Airport Express in appearance?
Also, any other pics you might feel like taking would be cool.
JetwingX
iWork for Apple <3
symphonix said:Congratulations, Chadwick!
And how would you turn it back on again. Click on the Bluetooth icon and ... oh, right.
I'm really interested in this. Firstly, can you post a picture of the power-brick, preferably with something to compare it to size-wise. Is it nicely designed? Is it similar to the laptop adapters and Airport Express in appearance?
Also, any other pics you might feel like taking would be cool.
from what i remember, it is like the Airport extreme power adapters (which i can't seem to find a picture of :-\) which linda looks like macally's power bicks
ziess
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Here's some grabs from the Apple Quicktime VR of the Mac Mini with Apple ancils. That's a 20-inch Apple flatscreen and standard Apple mouse/keyboard.
Haven't got a clue what the second brick behind the screen is though...
Haven't got a clue what the second brick behind the screen is though...
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ziess
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They didn't come out all that well so heres another one at a higher resolution.
The original QVRs can be found at:
http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/mac_mini_jan2005_480.html -with apple kit,
and
http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/mac_mini_pc_jan2005_480.html -with pc(note the URL) kit.
The original QVRs can be found at:
http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/mac_mini_jan2005_480.html -with apple kit,
and
http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/mac_mini_pc_jan2005_480.html -with pc(note the URL) kit.
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andychrist
devil's plaything
ziess said:
Looks like an AirPort Express.
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ziess
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Well actually, after looking at the QTVR of the Mac Mini with PC bits and bobs i'm fairly sure that it's the external power supply for the cinema display. It looks like the mac and the display are powered by the same cable. I say it looks because this is all just speculation and i'll no doubt be proved wrong five minutes later!
andychrist
devil's plaything
Looks like you're right!
BTW Chadwick which model didja get, and how much RAM?
(Inquiring minds want to know. )
BTW Chadwick which model didja get, and how much RAM?
(Inquiring minds want to know.
)
chadwick
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OK, I measured the power consumption directly with a device you can get at Radio Shack called a Kill-a-Watt. You just plug in your appliance of choice and you can watch the power consumption in a variety of different ways.
I got the 1.42GHz version, with 512MB RAM, SuperDrive, and AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth upgrades. It is quite a bit faster than my 1GHz iBook, as expected. I ran an Xbench on both systems and the Mac mini scored a 121.82 overall, and the iBook a 92.80 overall.
Here is a pic of it with the powerbrick in my hand and next to the Mac, for comparison. I've also got a pic of it sitting on top of one of my PCs:
I got the 1.42GHz version, with 512MB RAM, SuperDrive, and AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth upgrades. It is quite a bit faster than my 1GHz iBook, as expected. I ran an Xbench on both systems and the Mac mini scored a 121.82 overall, and the iBook a 92.80 overall.
Here is a pic of it with the powerbrick in my hand and next to the Mac, for comparison. I've also got a pic of it sitting on top of one of my PCs:
symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
What amazes me is that Apple don't seem to be selling the power adapter as a separate accessory. With the large number of people saying how they'd like to tuck a Mac mini into their bag and plug it in both at work and at home, you'd assume that would be a fairly obvious need.