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DATE CONFIGURED: 03/25/06

Best of Field
(in my opinion)
Design/Styling:
Silver-White "Lunchbox"
Silver-White "Lunchbox"
Mobility:
3 lbs
3 lbs
Component Access?
Difficult to access
Difficult to access
Cords/Cables:
n/a
n/a
Desk Space Used:
42 sq. inches (6.5" x 6.5")
42 sq. inches (6.5" x 6.5")
Nearly silent
(Unknown)
Energy Use:
110 Watts (maximum)
65 Watts (maximum) (???)
Processor: Notes
1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo
1.4 GHz Intel Celeron M
L2 Cache:
2.0 MB
1.0 MB
RAM Type:
DDR2-SDRAM PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
DDR2-SDRAM PC2-4200 (533 MHz)
Front Side Bus:
667 MHz bus
400 MHz bus
RAM Amount:
512 MB (1 DIMM)
512 MB (1 DIMM)
Max. RAM:
2.0 GB (2 slots)
1.0 GB (1 slot)
Hard Drive Capacity:
60 GB
60 GB
Hard Drive Type:
Serial ATA
ATA
Hard Drive Speed:
5400 RPM
5400 RPM
CD-RW:
24x16x24x CD-RW (slot-loading)
??? CD-RW
DVD-/+RW:
8x DVD-ROM (slot-loading)
??? DVD-ROM (slot-loading)
Floppy/Other Drive:
--
--
PCI/AGP Slots:
--
1 internal mini PCI slot
Internal Bays:
1 2.5" drive bay (filled)
1 2.5" drive bay (filled)
External Bays:
1 5.25" drive bay (filled)
1 5.25" drive bay (filled)
Mouse:
optional (works w/any USB mouse)
optional (works w/any USB mouse)
Keyboard:
optional (works w/any USB keyboard)
optional (works w/any USB keyboard)
Remote Control:
Apple Remote included
--
USB Ports:
4 USB 2.0 ports (on CPU back)
2 USB 2.0 ports (on CPU back)
FireWire Ports:
1 port @ 400 Mbps
1 port @ 400 Mbps
Legacy Ports:
--
--
Video Card:
Intel GMA950 graphics processor
Intel GMA900 graphics processor
Video RAM:
64MB of DDR2 SDRAM (shared)
64MB (???) of DDR2 SDRAM (shared)
VGA Out:
Yes (adapter included)
Yes (adapter included)
DVI Out:
Yes
Yes
RCA-Out:
optional adapter
Yes
S-Video Out:
optional adapter
Yes
TV Tuner:
optional (Elgato Systems)
optional
Dual Display Support?
--
Yes (w/optional PCI card ???)
Display:
optional (works w/any DVI or VGA display)
optional (works w/any DVI or VGA display)
Display Upgradable?
n/a
n/a
Display Resolution:
n/a
n/a
Maximum Resolution:
1920 x 1200
(Unknown)
Brightness/Contrast:
n/a
n/a
Viewable Angle:
n/a
n/a
Audio In:
optical digital audio input/audio line in
analog microphone in
Audio Out:
optical digital audio output/headphone out
analog line out
Speakers Included:
internal mono speaker
--
Video Camera:
optional
optional
Ethernet:
10/100/1000 Base-T
10/100/1000 Base-T
56k Modem:
optional USB modem
optional USB modem
Wi-Fi Card:
integrated 802.11g (54 Mbps) card
optional
Bluetooth Card:
integrated Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module
optional
Hardware Extras:
--
--
Included OS:
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger; BSD Unix;
X11 Window System included
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows Support:
via 3rd party ???
DOS/95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP (Native)
Mac Support:
OS X (Native)
Mac OS 8 (via Basilisk)
Linux/Unix Support:
Various flavors (Native)
Realtime Metadata Search/Organization:
Spotlight (system-wide)
(includes Smart Folders, Content Search, etc)
(Google desktop search available)
Modular Desktop Utilities:
Dashboard (system-wide)
Task Scripting:
Automator/AppleScript (system-wide)
Windows Script Host
Save-as PDF:
Native (any file; includes encryption)
--
Faxing:
System-wide (requires optional modem)
Send/Receive logs/archives included
Fax Service not installed by default
Zero-Config Networking:
Bonjour (system-wide)
Handwriting Recognition:
Inkwell (system-wide)
--
Voice/Speech Recog:
Voiceover (system-wide)
(limited to certain non-core apps)
Web Serving:
Apache w/Perl, Python & PHP included
(XP Pro only)
Data Backup Utility:
(iBackup, PsyncX, etc. available as free download)
Included
Developer Tools:
Xcode 2.0; GCC 4.0;
Quartz Composer included
(free download of compiler/linker/diff tools)
File Compression:
System-wide Zip compression
System-wide Zip compression
File Encryption:
FileVault system encryption
(XP Pro only)
Word Processor:
TextEdit (Word compatible)
or OpenOffice (free download; Word comp.)
NotePad
OpenOffice (free download; Word comp.)
Spreadsheet:
OpenOffice (free download; Excel comp.)
OpenOffice (free download; Excel comp.)
Presentation:
OpenOffice (free download; PwrPt. comp.)
OpenOffice (free download; PowerPoint comp.)
Database:
OpenOffice (free download)
OpenOffice (free download)
Drawing/Painting:
OpenOffice (free download)
OpenOffice (free download)
Page Layout/Publishing:
Comic Life
--
Website Authoring:
iWeb 1.0
--
Font Management:
FontBook 2.0
no on-the-fly font enabling/disabling
Projects/Planning:
Omni Outliner
--
Web Browser
Safari RSS 2.0
Internet Explorer 6
Image/PDF Viewer:
Preview 3.0
Image Viewer
E-Mail/Address Book:
OS X Mail 2.0 / Address Book 4.0
Outlook Express
Calendar Program:
iCal 2.0
--
Data Synchronization:
iSync 2.0
(XP Pro only)
System Data Transfer:
System Migration Assistant
Settings Transfer Wizard
Chat/AV Conferencing:
iChat AV 3.0
(others avail. as free dl: ICQ, AOL IM, etc..)
Windows Messenger
(others avail. as free dl: ICQ, AOL IM, etc..)
Multimedia Software:
Front Row (works w/Apple Remote)
Quicktime 7.0; DVD Player 4.5
(WMP & RealPlayer avail as free downloads)
WMP 10
(RealPlayer & QuickTime avail. as free download)
PVR Software:
optional (Elgato Systems)
optional
Financial:
Quicken 2006 for Macintosh
--
Reference:
Dictionary/Thesaurus; Sherlock 3.0
--
Digital Photography:
iPhoto 6.0, ImageCapture; Photo Booth
Google Picassa avail. free dl
Digital Video Editing:
iMovieHD 6.0
MSFT MovieMaker 2
CD Burning/Music:
iTunes 6.0; OS X Disk Burner; OS X Burn Folders
XP Disk Burning; WMP 9;
iTunes avail. as free download
Audio Engineering:
GarageBand 3.0
--
DVD Burning/Authoring:
iDVD 6.0; Disk Burner
Std. XP Burning
Games Included:
Big Bang Board Games; Chess
Mine Sweeper, Asstd. classic games
Total Software Titles Available:
"Fewer" (numbers unknown)
"More" (numbers unknown)
Additional Software:
Asstd. system software
Free Services:
1 month .Mac trial
--
Viruses/Trojans/Worms:
No known viruses, trojans,
worms or spyware affect OS X.
Firewall:
Built-in, fully configurable
Warranty:
1 yr. ltd./at-home; 90 days phone
1-yr. limited (hardware only)
Customer Service:
Subtotal:
Base system price: $599
Base system price: $275
+ 1.4 GHz Celeron M upgrade: $69
+ 512 MB RAM upgrade: $52
+ 60 GB hard drive upgrade: $84
+ MSFT Windows XP Home upgrade: $89
+ Assembly & Testing: $25
- Rebates if any:
--
--
+ Ground Shipping:
n/c
$14
Total Price as configured:
(tax not included)
$599
$608
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