{"id":1099,"date":"2006-03-01T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T06:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/01\/new-apple-toys-intel-mac-mini-and-ipod-hifi\/"},"modified":"2006-03-01T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-01T06:39:09","slug":"new-apple-toys-intel-mac-mini-and-ipod-hifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/01\/new-apple-toys-intel-mac-mini-and-ipod-hifi\/","title":{"rendered":"New Apple toys: Intel Mac Mini and iPod HiFi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Intel<\/a>We all thought the stack was coming first, but we were wrong. It’s, drum roll please – the Mac mini<\/a> Intel Core Duo! Up to four times faster than it’s predecessor, and starting at, I sh!t you not, $599, this’ll be the fastest for cheapest Mac ever to hit the market. I’ve not been making interactive installations for the past year or so – my big one was meant for the Cancelled Kebbles (who killed Biggie?) – but this makes me reconsider…<\/p>\n

And, also new from Apple, the iPod HiFi<\/a> – a super hi-qual sound system you can plug your Pod into. I imagine, given the quality of my tiny Apple Pro speakers, this system packs more than a little punch. My birthday is in June, just so you know. Order of preference is the MacBook Pro<\/a>, then down from the top up there….<\/p>\n

And there was much w00ting across the land (stolen phrase from Scott Westerfeld<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all thought the stack was coming first, but we were wrong. It’s, drum roll please – the Mac mini Intel Core Duo! Up to four times faster than it’s predecessor, and starting at, I sh!t you not, $599, this’ll be the fastest for cheapest Mac ever to hit the market. I’ve not been making interactive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4,9,8,19,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-tech","category-news-and-politics","category-pop-culture","category-re-blog-tidbits","category-stimulus","category-technology","category-uncategorical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-hJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":523,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/13\/apple-unveils-cd-sized-mini-mac-one-ounce-ipod-the-register\/","url_meta":{"origin":1099,"position":0},"title":"Apple unveils CD-sized mini Mac, one ounce iPod | The Register","author":"nathaniel","date":"13 January 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"link: Apple unveils CD-sized mini Mac, one ounce iPod Man that Mac Mini looks hot - the perfect installation art machine!!!! . 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