Our first Intel-based Mac minis have arrived, straight from the Apple Store, and what was the first thing the cold, cruel alien intellects at Macworld did with one of these innocents? That’s right. We got out our putty knife, popped it open, and spilled its guts out faster than you could say “CSI!”
From this vantage point, the Mac mini hasn’t changed much from its previous version. However, there’s one gigantic change that may not be apparent from this angle: the easily-accessible RAM slot on the left side is gone. Or to be more accurate, they’ve been turned on their side and hidden from view. (More on this in a moment.)
On the far side of the case you can see the new infrared receiver right at the end of the optical-drive slot.
The Mac mini’s Bluetooth and AirPort antennae are still in place, although these versions seem a bit more robust than the we-just-taped-it-together feel of the previous model. There’s one other change that’s a bit hard to see from this photo, but it’s just beneath and behind the AirPort antenna: the Mac mini’s Bluetooth card, relocated to the top of the drive cage.
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architoc79 88 months ago | reply
Our tv's remote are all IR.
Just think about the high usage of the battery of the bluetooth. And then try thinkin' about the low needs of an IR remote control
With your MacMini remote you can control even the newest iPod, or the iSight.
I think it's great!!!
lazybeagle 88 months ago | reply
It would make a good printer stand for my PC printer
phillip.platz 88 months ago | reply
IR works better than Bluetooth because you can use the remote with any of apple's new IR supported computers as well as the new iPod HiFi. One remote for all your things. How cool.
!efatima 74 months ago | reply
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