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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Mandaandthemarbles.com" MediaLinks="www.mandaandthemarbles.com &lt;http://www.mandaandthemarbles.com/&gt;   "/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="New Intel Mac Mini">
        <outline text="1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo ($599 USD) with CD burner and 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo with and Dual Layer DVD burner ($799 USD)" MediaLinks="www.apple.com—macmini &lt;http://www.apple.com/macmini&gt;"/>
        <outline text="1.5 has 60GB and 1.67 has 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive, but clicking &quot;Learn More&quot; on the store page says all mac Mini serial ATA drives are 7,200 RPM"/>
        <outline text="Both models have 512MB PC2-5300 DDR2-SDRAM (2x 256) and are expandable up to 2GB.">
          <outline text="Motherboards feature dual channel technology that allows you to utilize the bandwidth of two modules at the same time."/>
          <outline text="To maximize memory performance, it is recommended that memory SO-DIMMs be installed in pairs."/>
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        <outline text="Intel GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory (Minimum graphics memory usage is 80MB, but may vary depending on graphics needs)"/>
        <outline text="4 USB2 Ports (1 Firewire 400), Gigabit Ethernet, SPDIF and Bluetooth and WiFi standard."/>
        <outline text="Base prices are $100 more than G4s, but features all total at least $100 in &quot;upgrades&quot; (Bluetooth, WiFi, 512MB RAM and an 80GB hard drive)"/>
        <outline text="FrontRow (now with Bonjour support) and IR Remote"/>
        <outline text="Apple claims  a 2x and 4 x speed increase over the G4s respectively"/>
        <outline text="G4 Mac Minis are no longer on Apples site. May find them with 3rd party resellers. I would expect prices to come down a bit soon."/>
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      <outline text="iPod Leather Case">
        <outline text="For 5th Gen iPod and Nano" MediaLinks="www.apple.com—ipod &lt;http://www.apple.com/ipod&gt;"/>
        <outline text="$99.00 USD"/>
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      <outline text="iPod HiFi (Boombox)">
        <outline text="$349.00 USD. Looks like a &quot;bread-box&quot;. Basically a large white rectangle with handles on the corners and an iPod dock. Some reports said it looked like a center channel speaker"/>
        <outline text="iPod Dock connector with support for all docking iPods."/>
        <outline text="Auxiliary input for older iPods and Shuffle or other 3rd party players and devices." MediaLinks="www.apple.com—ipodhifi &lt;http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Runs on D batteries as well as AC power. And will charge iPod from either power source."/>
        <outline text="IR Remote and can use the iPod display to show &quot;large&quot; album art (iPod update soon?)."/>
        <outline text="Can attach to an Airport Express ($129 USD) via a Digital cable and use as an all digital WiFi speaker system"/>
        <outline text="Why no video out connectors? Can attach the Apple video cable to the top of the iPod, but that would destroy the look"/>
        <outline text="I heard these sound better than the Bose System, but it seems like a crowded space. Bose, JBL, Altec-Lansing and others. Also Dock solutions Apples own iPod Dock, DLO Dock, Belkin Dock, Griffin TuneCenter. Plus the AirPort Express.">
          <outline text="Also question the need for high fidelity as most peoples music collections are compressed audio and MP3s in many cases."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Final thoughts and reactions">
        <outline text="My immediate reaction was disappointment"/>
        <outline text="Are we becoming victims of our own hype? Not every announcement is going to be ground breaking"/>
        <outline text="I do think Apples latest offerings are a bit overpriced. Is good business as they know early adopters will buy no matter what."/>
        <outline text="Would really have liked to see the Mac Mini prices stay the same or actually go down. Apple needs systems to counter the &quot;Apples are too expensive&quot; camp to get more switchers."/>
        <outline text="Why no DVR. I dont want to believe it, but Apple may never do a DVR Mac. They want you to buy TV shows and movies, not record them."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Visit the website" MediaLinks="maccast.com &lt;http://www.maccast.com&gt;">
        <outline text="Show notes."/>
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. More audio comments">
        <outline text="maccast@gmail.com &lt;mailto:maccast@gmail.com&gt;"/>
        <outline text="206-222-2788 (20-MACCAST-8)">
          <outline text="PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"/>
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        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="&quot;Brighter Day&quot; by Derick Dahl">
        <outline text="Artist web site" MediaLinks="www.derickdahl.com &lt;http://www.derickdahl.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Buy music from Derick Dahl iTunes" MediaLinks="Derick Dahl on iTunes &lt;http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VxaqUf/Gvmc&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fp%3D16485111%26s%3D143441%26partnerId%3D30&gt;"/>
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