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At Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday showed off the new Intel-powered Mac Mini to a group of reporters.\r\n
The concept Mini shown at the Frankfurt show reaches back to the Traveller and Countryman for Mini's future. Check out the spinning speedometer!
Today's Intel labs look toward tomorrow
CNET News.com's Tom Krazit attended Intel Research Labs' open house on June 20 in Mountain View, Calif., and saw several new systems on display. First was a setup to detect cheaters in online gaming. Then came a futuristic look at dynamic rendering using mini-robotics and complex control software.
If you want a small, innocuous computer for sending or receiving media or other files between rooms, no other computer offers the deal that Apple has with the Mac Mini Core Duo.
The first Mac laptop with an Intel processor, this machine also comes equipped with a remote control and built-in iSight.
The Polywell MiniBox2 939NP Media Center PC earns points for its dual-core processor and capacious storage, but home-theater enthusiasts will require more A/V input and output choices.
