| The New Mac, MacHome |
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September 4th, 2007 under x86 Virtualization, Event, Virtualization, Desktop Computing, Apple, News |
The new Mac, The Mac Home!!
The MacHome, home for home theater, homework, and home gaming is the newest mac in the mac lineup. This computer takes the classic Macintosh LC case and crams a ton more features and speed into the small, but manageable, form factor. With the best of both worlds, bringing together the iMac, Mac Pro and Mac Mini 1 small package. For the home theater buff there are full HDTV HDMI ports, for bringing in high definition video to edit, and then send it back out to a HDTV to watch. For the home gamer, 16x PCI express slot, allows the addition of a high quality graphic card, no longer stuck with the onboard video like the mac mini or iMac. The capablities to support dual monitors, or the amazing 30″ Apple Display are both supported with select video cards. For students needing to complete their homework, they now have a choice of running the standard Mac OS 10.5 or running bootcamp and booting into Windows XP or Vista. For the power user, Parallels Virtualization technology would even allow XP or Vista without rebooting while running the native OSX operating system.
Macintosh LC:
MacHome Specifications:
| Logic Board |
Ports |
Power |
| Processor: |
Intel, 2.0, 2.4, 2.8 |
| L2 Cache: |
4MB |
| 2nd Processor: |
none |
| Slots: |
16-lane PCI Express graphics slot |
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| USB: |
4 |
| ADB: |
0 |
| Video: |
dual-link DVI port |
| Floppy: |
none |
| SATA: |
yes |
| Geoports: |
none |
| Ethernet: |
802.11n |
| FireWire: |
2 |
| Mic Type: |
none |
| AirPort Ready: |
yes |
| Other Ports: |
HDMI in
HDMI out
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| Max Watts: |
200 |
| Voltage: |
90-240 |
| Freq Range: |
50-60 Hz |
| Battery Type: |
3.6V lithium |
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| Memory |
Video Memory |
| RAM Slots: |
2, Two SO-DIMM |
| Min - Max RAM: |
512 MB - 4 GB |
| Min RAM Speed: |
667 |
| RAM sizes: |
512, 1024, 2048 |
| Install in Groups of: |
2 |
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| Resolution |
Video Memory
256MB VRAM
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| 800 x 600 |
yes |
| 832 x 624 |
yes |
| 1024 x 768 |
yes |
| 1152 x 870 |
yes |
| 1280 x 1024 |
yes |
| 1920 x 1200 |
yes |
| 2048 x 1536 |
yes |
| 2560 x 1600 |
yes |
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| Physical |
Software |
Storage |
| Introduced: |
10/15/2007 |
| Discontinued: |
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| Form Factor: |
LC |
| Gestalt ID: |
19 |
| Weight (lbs): |
8.8 |
| Dimensions (in): |
2.9 H x 12.2 W x 15.3 D |
| Notes: |
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Mac OS
Supported: |
10.4.7
10.5
11
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| Floppy size: |
none |
| Floppy Inject: |
n/a |
| Min. Int HD size: |
250GB-1TB |
| Int HD Interface: |
SATA |
| Orig CD Speed |
32x |
| Int CD Support: |
yes |
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Sources:
SmugBlog: Don MacAskill » Blog Archive » Where’s the Mac?
Triple Hash: The Missing Mac
Send Mike To Space Blog
Random Thoughts » Blog Archive » The Missing Mac: Apple? Are you listening?
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