Browse tag: Mac mini

Browse tag: Mac mini

Review: Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server
The new $999 Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server is a fantastic product for workgroups, small businesses, and even schools to use.
Macworld's complete Mac buying guide
In this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.
Mac hardware, tested and reviewed
We take a final, definitive look at Apple's fall hardware update and revisit the vagaries of Apple's App Store approval process.
Speedmark 6: Macworld Lab's new benchmark suite
The Macworld Lab has been hard at work tweaking Speedmark, our overall system performance testing tool, to better accommodate Snow Leopard and to test the Macs on which it runs.
Upgrade the Mac mini in six minutes
In this week's Macworld Video, Dan Frakes shows how easy it really is to upgrade the hard drive and RAM of Apple's Mac mini, completing the entire process, in a single take, in just under 6 minutes.
Review: Mac mini (Late 2009)
Just seven months after giving the Mac mini line its biggest update ever, Apple has bumped the performance of the company's smallest desktop computers. While the improvements are modest, the latest Mac minis address a few of our biggest criticisms of the Early 2009 models.
Mac mini (Late 2009) benchmarks
Macworld Lab has the Mac minis, and we put them through our benchmark tests. Our result show that the new Mac minis are impressively faster than the models they replace.
Hands On: iPhone and iPod touch remote controls
Christopher Breen takes a look at iPhone and iPod touch remote controls that you can use with your multimedia Mac.
Apple releases server diagnostic tool for Snow Leopard
Apple Server Diagnostics 3X106 will test servers running Mac OS X Server 10.6 for hardware issues.
MacMiniColo.net looks at the Mac mini server
The new Mac mini server configuration gets the hairy eyeball from the folks at MacMiniColo.net, the experts in Mac mini co-location.
New iMacs and more
In this week’s special-edition episode we look at the “two” in the week’s one-two punch—Monday’s spectacular quarterly earnings and today’s raft of new Apple hardware.
Apple updates Mac mini, adding server configuration
The update to Apple's small desktop model adds faster processors, doubles memory capacity, and introduces a new server configuration that trades an optical drive for more storage.
Google leak points to imminent iMac, MacBook refresh
Google posted ads on its search results over the weekend that hinted Apple will soon refresh its iMac, Mac mini and MacBook lines.
Report: U.S. Mac households rise to 12 percent
A new study from The NPD Group finds that almost 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households now own an Apple computer. That number climbed three points from nine percent in 2008.
Apple lays out carbon footprint data
Apple on Friday published an extensive breakdown of its greenhouse gas emissions, adding more information to the debate over what it means to have an environmentally-friendly company.
Apple releases Mac mini, SuperDrive updates
Apple on Monday released firmware updates for the Mac mini and for certain SuperDrive-containing systems.
Survey: Asus, Apple provide most reliable PCs
Asus, Apple were the most reliable PC vendors in the U.S. during the second quarter, according to a PC reliability survey from Rescuecom.
Kanex adapter takes Mini DisplayPort video, USB audio to HDMI
An adapter from Kanex combines USB audio and Mini DisplayPort video into a single HDMI port.
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac?
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Roman Loyola does a little bit of testing, and finds the answer may be yes.
Mac 911 Lightning Round
Quick answers to short questions.
Maximizing your Mac mini
Dan Frakes takes a look at the process -- and the results -- of upgrading your Mac mini and finds you can top the performance of Apple's $799 model for a lower price tag.
Tekserve updates free Mac FAQ book
Tekserve has published the ninth edition of its Mac FAQ Book, a 58-page guide to solving common problems with Macs.
Accessing network media with Boxee, Plex, and XBMC
Boxee, Plex, and XBMC are great media-center applications but accessing network content can be confounding. Here's how.
MacBooks sweep Consumer Reports laptop ratings
Apple's MacBook line took home top honors in all three of Consumer Reports' laptop categories in its June issue.
Setting up a Mac mini media center
In this week’s Macworld Video, Chris Breen caps off a week of coverage with a video overview of what you can do to make your Mac mini a welcome member of the family AV center.
Mac mini media center: Is it worth it?
All week long, Christopher Breen has show you how to assemble a media center using a Mac mini as the centerpiece. Now he turns his attention to the Big Picture: Is it worth the hassle? And how does it compare to an Apple TV?
Controlling your Mac mini media center
Once you've set up a Mac mini-based media center, you've got to come up with a way to control everything sans mouse and keyboard. Christopher Breen outlines some of the options, from iPhone software to universal remotes.
Up close with the Mac media center
After devoting our last podcast episode to just about everything except the Macintosh, Chris Breen makes amends by discussing nothing but the Mac—specifically the Mac mini.
Getting content on your Mac mini media center
So you've upgraded your Mac mini to make it an effective media center. You've connected it to your AV components and even configured Apple's software. Now what about content? Christopher Breen shows you ways to get additional digital content and how to use third-party media applications to access it.
Mac media center: Configuring Front Row
Christopher Breen’s effort to turn a Mac mini into a media center continues, as he hooks up the computer to his AV system and configures the built-in media applications.