Amaya Toman Ekubhekeni kwanamuhla emuva emlandweni wemikhiqizo evela ku-workshop ye-Apple, sizokhumbula ukufika kwekhompyutha encane yesizukulwane sokuqala se-Mac. I-Apple yethula le modeli ekuqaleni kuka-2005. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Mac mini kwakufanele imele inguqulo ethengekayo yekhompyutha ye-Apple, efanelekile ikakhulukazi kubasebenzisi abasanda kuthatha isinqumo sokungena ku-Apple ecosystem.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ekupheleni kuka-2004, ukuqagela kwaqala ukwanda ukuthi imodeli entsha, encane kakhulu yekhompyutha yomuntu siqu ingavela endaweni yokusebenzela yakwa-Apple. Lokhu kuqagela kwagcina kuqinisekisiwe ngoJanuwari 10, 2005, lapho inkampani yakwaCupertino yethula ngokusemthethweni iMac Mini yayo entsha kanye ne-iPod shuffle engqungqutheleni yeMacworld. U-Steve Jobs wabiza umkhiqizo omusha ngaleso sikhathi ngokuthi i-Mac eshibhe kakhulu futhi engabizi kakhulu eyake yaba khona - futhi wayeqinisile. I-Mac Mini yayihloselwe ukuthi ihloselwe amakhasimende angafuni kakhulu, kanye nalawo athenga ikhompuyutha yawo yokuqala ye-Apple. I-chassis yayo yenziwe nge-aluminium eqinile ehlanganiswe ne-polycarbonate. Isizukulwane sokuqala i-Mac Mini yayifakwe idrayivu yokubona, izimbobo zokufaka neziphumayo kanye nesistimu yokupholisa.
Igalari yezithombe
I-chip ye-Apple ifakwe i-32-bit PowerPC processor, i-ATI Radeon 9200 ihluzo kanye ne-32 MB DDR SDRAM. Mayelana nokuxhumana, i-Mac Mini yesizukulwane sokuqala yayifakwe amachweba amabili e-USB 2.0 kanye nembobo eyodwa ye-FireWire 400. Ukuxhumana kwenethiwekhi kunikezwe i-10/100 Ethernet kanye nemodemu engu-56k V.92. Abasebenzisi ababenentshisekelo ekuxhumekeni kwe-Bluetooth ne-Wi-Fi banga-oda le nketho lapho bethenga ikhompuyutha. Ngokungeziwe ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-Mac OS X, bekungenzeka futhi ukusebenzisa ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza eziklanyelwe ukwakheka kwe-PowerPC, njenge-MorphOS, i-OpenBSD noma ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Linux, ku-Mac Mini yesizukulwane sokuqala. NgoFebhuwari 2006, owalandela iMac MINI kwaba isizukulwane sesibili iMac Mini, eyayivele ifakwe iprosesa evela eshabhu ye-Intel futhi, ngokusho kuka-Apple, yanikela ngesivinini esiphindwe kane ngokushesha uma kuqhathaniswa nesandulelayo.
