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| Price | $762.95 to $799.00 | $1,649.00 to $1,999.99 |
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| Release date | July 20, 2011 | May 03, 2011 | February 01, 2012 | September 01, 2010 | |
| The Bottom Line | Apple's new $799 Mac Mini demands that you abandon disc-based media, and that you surround it with potentially expensive extra hardware to realize its full benefits. It makes most sense for committed Mac users, those who need it for a specific niche-case, or for those who value design over functionality for the dollar. | We recommend Apple's new 27-inch iMac to digital media editors and others with serious performance needs on the strength of its impressive speed, its connected device potential, and its market-leading 27-inch display. | The Origin Chronos shows the strength of small boutique vendors with a fast, affordable, and compact little desktop that I can recommend to any PC gamer. | The latest in Gateway's line of versatile slim towers, the SX2850-33 stays current with a fast Intel Core i3 CPU, and more importantly adds Wi-Fi to improve its suitability as a living-room desktop. It might cost more than a Nettop or a dedicated video-streaming device, but for its overall speed and flexibility, we'd pick this system as a budget PC or an online living-room content center. | Amid increasing competition from other mainstream PC vendors, the HP Pavilion Slimline S5-1060 offers a wisely chosen mix of speed and functionality that will appeal to college students and digital media enthusiasts. |
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| Product Form Factor | Desktop slimline | All-in-one | Tower | Small form factor | Tower |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 7.8 in x 7.8 in x 1.4 in | 25.6 in x 8.1 in x 20.4 in | Info unavailable | 4 in x 12.5 in x 10.5 in | 3.9 in x 15.4 in x 12.3 in |
| Weight | 2.7 lbs | 30.4 lbs | Info unavailable | 11.9 lbs | 9.3 lbs |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz 1 ( Dual-Core ) | 1 x Intel Core i5 3.1 GHz ( Quad-Core ) | Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 4.7 GHz ( Quad-Core ) 1 i3-2100 | 1 x Intel Core i3 i3-550 / 3.2 GHz ( Dual-Core ) | 2nd Gen Core i5 1 x Intel i5-2310 / 2.9 GHz ( Quad-Core ) |
| Cache Memory | 3 MB L3 cache | 6 MB L3 cache | 3 MB L3 cache | 4 MB L3 cache | 6 MB L3 cache |
| RAM | 4 GB 8 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1333 MHz - PC3-10600 | 4 GB (installed) / 16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1333 MHz - PC3-10600 | 8 GB 16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1600 MHz | 4 GB (installed) / 8 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM | 6 GB (installed) / 16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - PC3-10600 |
| Storage Controller | Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 ) ; None | Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 ) | Serial ATA | Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 ) | Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 ) |
| Hard Drive | 500 GB - Standard 1 x - Serial ATA-300 | 1 x 1 TB - Standard - Serial ATA-300 | 750 GB - Standard 1 x - Serial ATA-600 | 1 x 640 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-300 | 1 x 1 TB - Standard - Serial ATA-300 |
| Hard Drive (2nd) | None | None | Info unavailable | None | None |
| Hard Drive (3rd) | None | None | None | None | None |
| Optical Storage | None | DVD±RW (±R DL) | DVD±RW (±R DL) | DVD±RW / DVD-RAM | DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / BD-ROM |
| Optical Storage (2nd) | None | None | None | None | None |
| Storage Removable | None | None | None | None | None |
| Graphics Controller | AMD Radeon HD 6630M | AMD Radeon HD 6970M | nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti PCI Express x16 | Intel HD Graphics Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 | PCI Express x16 - AMD Radeon HD 6450 |
| Video Memory | 256 MB GDDR5 SDRAM | 1 GB GDDR5 SDRAM | 1 GB GDDR5 SDRAM | Info unavailable | 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM |
| Operating System | Apple Mac OS X Lion | Apple MacOS X 10.7 Lion | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition |
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