Full FeedAppletell unboxing: The new Mac Mini
Is it just me, or is there something completely different about taking a new piece of Apple hardware from its box and introducing it to the real world? Perhaps the same goes for every box full of $900 worth of stuff. In any event, I thought you might be interested to see the latest Mac Mini being ripped from it’s minimalistic packaging and being examined on video. After all, half the fun of buying something new is unboxing it…and video taping it?
Okay, so I didn’t “rip” it from the packaging. Actually, the box was sitting in my apartment for a few hours before I had enough free time to actually open it on video. The box seems just a smidgen different than past Apple packaging. It’s extremely minimalistic, which is nothing new, but it really feels like there’s almost nothing here. Inside the box, you’re only going to find exactly what you ordered: the Mac Mini, it’s power block, the Mini DisplayPort adapter and the documentation. So, it’s apparent that Apple is taking this Green packaging idea seriously, yay?
I’ve only had a short while to work with the Mac Mini, but so far, I have this to say. Don’t migrate your new Mac from a Time Capsule backup over your wireless network. Either plug it in, or do something else, because the next 12 hours will be spent transferring files to my Mac over the air. I did discover something I like, though. After the initial setup, it’s not required for the Mac Mini to be connected to a monitor to continue going about it’s business. This is important to me since I’ll be using this machine as a Home Theatre Mac in addition to various other duties. It will be sitting mostly by itself doing whatever I tell it to without a monitor 95% of the time. So, I’m thankful for Screen Sharing and an app on the iPhone called Jaadu VNC. Now I can have access to a full desktop Mac any time of the day or night from my iPhone over 3G to do my bidding. Whether just to schedule a recording in EyeTV or browse a flash website on the iPhone (who said the iPhone doesn’t do flash?) in silence.
This Mac Minis future is exciting, and I’ll be sure to keep posting anything interesting I find on the way.
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someone’s drinkin the apple koolaid. didnt you get a macbook pro like a month ago?
on March 11, 2009 at 05:13 PM - LINKI bought my unibody MacBook Pro when they were first released, which was a bit longer ago, but fairly recent. This Mac serves a different purpose though.
on March 11, 2009 at 05:19 PM - LINKdo you actually need another computer when you have one like the macbook pro? what could you possibly be doing that requires less power?
on March 11, 2009 at 05:48 PM - LINKIt’s not that I require less power, it’s that I need a machine that’s on 24/7. I’m going to be using it as a Home Theatre Mac on my living room tv. Think of it like a non-crippled Apple TV. I’ll be able to record shows with my EyeTV Hybrid with it while not distracting myself on the MacBook Pro, as a recording machine of sorts for my guitar and drums and I have so many USB devices that it will be so nice to unload some of them on a different machine. Believe it or not, two 4-port USB hubs don’t run very well together (and don’t even think about two 7-port hubs). I’ve also played with the idea of hosting my personal webpage with it.
on March 11, 2009 at 05:56 PM - LINK