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iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the steve-puts-on-a-show dept.

A number of announcements from the Mac World keynote this afternoon. The iPod Shuffle is pack-of-gum sized, no screen, weighs less than an ounce. Ships today, $99 for the half gig, $149 for a gig. The Mac Mini is the headless iMac... 6x6x2.5 with all the expected plugs, starting at $499. Lot's of tiger bits, spotlight, virtual folders in Mail.app. iLife '05 will ship Jan 22. iPhoto gets folders and video support. iMovie supports HD. GarageBand gets 8 channel recording. iWork includes Keynote 2, and 'Pages' the new word processor and ships the same day as iLife.

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  1. One More Thing! by jellomizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dont forget the iPod shuffle $99 for 512meg and $149 for 1 GB. Heck that is only a little more then a usb key chain. Finally an Ipod I can afford.

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  2. Wow by choas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is gonna be one expensive year (although less than I feared)

    This is going to be SO good!

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  3. Re:Redundant? by dcstimm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    add wireless, just like any dell, far better then any dell because its beautiful, small, has DVI, firewire, usb 2.0, and a slot loading drive. Also it has Macosx, which is bY FAR the best OS on the planet. This machine is what every geek needs.

    Hell I can even add internal bluetooth.

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  4. Fun fact about the Mac Mini by jfruhlinger · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Not only is it headless, but it's handless ... as near as I can tell from the marketing copy on Apple's site, it doesn't come with a keyboard or mouse.

    This isn't that big a deal -- you can get a USB keyboard/mouse combo for less than $50 -- but I think it just goes to show that this is aimed squarely at the whiners on Slashdot who always say, "just give me a sub-$500 Mac, man!" and whose dingy apartments are littered with dozens of abandonned Cheeto-encrusted keyboards.

    jf

  5. The fine print... by bubba451 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    From the iPod shuffle spec page:
    1. Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
    2. Do not eat iPod shuffle.
    3. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
    4. Some computers require either the optional iPod shuffle Dock or a USB cable extender (sold separately).
  6. Do not eat iPod shuffle. by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    on the ipod shuffle website it says: "Ipod shuffle smaller than a pack of gum and much more fun (2)" further down (2) is explained as " Do not eat ipod shuffle" hahaha

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  7. Re:Mac Mini by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just curious...how big of a monitor could you run with this and wonder what highest resolution is? Could you run a larger one of their 'cinema' screens on this mini?

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  8. Imagine... by jbreese · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these things...

  9. Re:goodbye bank account by rocketjam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Attention moderators! The parent comment is Informative not Insightful! It doesn't require insight to know Macs work with 2-button mice. It just takes experience with a Mac and a 2-button mouse.

  10. Re:Perfect Terminal by dasunt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love my Macs, but clearly you've never used X11 on one. BALLS slow, even for X apps on the local machine (never mind the network).

    There is always the Debian PPC port, and the BSD's PPC ports as well.

    I'd probably do that anyways since I'm not really fond of MacOS X (no troll intended).

    OTOH, mini-ITX would work just as well, probably be as quiet, and may be cheaper.