Comparison of Macintosh models

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This is a comparison of Macintosh models, produced by Apple Inc. This list encompasses current models only.

Contents

[edit] Market matrix

Apple follows a product matrix of having a model of computer for both consumers and professionals, in both desktop and portable configurations. This provides a useful background as to the intended market for each Macintosh product.

Consumer Professional
Headless
Mac mini
Mac Pro
All-in-one
iMac		 N/A
Laptop
MacBook family
MacBook
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
Server N/A
Xserve

[edit] Specifications

Head-notes
Pricing

  • 1 Prices in Euros may vary from country to country; the price for France was used as a rough guide.
  • 2 Academic pricing differs in each country and upon where you buy it from. Prices shown in the table below are from the UK online education store. However one should note that buying from an Apple retail store typically offers a larger academic discount as they can verify your enrolment by a physical student identification with a picture. For example, the black MacBook from the online education store sells for £58 less than retail, however in the Apple retail store it is sold for £132 less than retail with proper student University identification.

Hardware

  • 3 Combo means a Combo Drive, which includes a CD reader, writer and DVD reader; a SuperDrive can also write and rewrite DVD discs.
  • 5 Every current Mac uses DDR2 SDRAM memory. Dedicated graphics cards in Macs use the PCI Express bus.
  • 6 The Mac Pro and Xserve memory configurations go up to 32 GB.
  • 7 The Mac mini can officially support 2 GB, the MacBook and MacBook Pro can support 4 GB, however people have reported having 4 GB (2 sticks of 2 GB each) on the older Core 2 based MacBooks.[1]

[edit] Desktops/Xserve

CPU RAM FSB HDD RPM GPU VRAM Display resolution Academic price US Price EU Price
Mac mini
[1]		 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo 1 GB (GiB) 667 MHz 80 GB (109 B) 5400 Intel GMA 950 64 MB (MiB) Shared N/A £374.83 $599 €599
£399
Build-to-order 2 GB ($150) 120 GB ($75), 160 GB ($150)
Mac mini 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo 1 GB 667 MHz 120 GB 5400 Intel GMA 950 64 MB Shared N/A £468.83 $799 €779
£499
Build-to-order 2 GB ($150) 160GB ($75)
iMac 20 in low-end
 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 1 GB 800 MHz 250 GB 7200 ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB GDDR3 1680x1050 £750.83 $1199 €1199
£799
Build-to-order 2 GB ($100), 4 GB ($300) 320 GB ($49), 500 GB ($149)
iMac 20 in 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 320 GB 7200 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256 MB GDDR3 1680x1050 £891.83 $1499 €1449
£949
Build-to-order 4 GB ($200) 500 GB ($100), 750 GB ($250)
iMac 24 in low-end 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 320 GB 7200 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256 MB GDDR3 1920x1200 £1079.83 $1799 €1749
£1149
Build-to-order 4 GB ($200) 500 GB ($100), 750 GB ($250)
iMac 24 in 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 500 GB 7200 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB GDDR3 1920x1200 £1371.23 $2299 €2219
£1459
Build-to-order 4 GB ($200) 750 GB ($150), 1 TB ($450)
CPU RAM FSB HDD RPM GPU VRAM Display resolution Academic price US Price EU Price
Mac Pro
[2]		 Two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeons 2 GB 1.6 GHz 320 GB 7200 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB N/A £1562.75 $2799 €2499
£1699
Build-to-order One 2.8 GHz Quad-Core, two 3.0 GHz Quad-Core, or two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Xeons See note 6 above. Bay 1: 320 GB, 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 300 GB(15000 RPM SAS); Bay 2-4: 500 GB ($250), 750 GB ($400), 1 TB ($550), 300 GB (15000 RPM SAS) ($800). RAID ($800). NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, QUADRO FX 5600 1.5 GB, or up to 4 Radeon cards N/A
Xserve
[3]		 One 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeons 2 GB 1.6 GHz 80 GB 7200 ATI Radeon X1300 64 MB N/A N/A $2999 €3249
£2199
Build-to-order Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core ($500), Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core ($1300) See note 6 above. All 3 bays: 80GB ($200) or 1TB ($550) SATA ADM 7200 RPM; or 73 GB ($400) or 300 GB ($800) SAS ADM 15,000RPM. RAID ($800). None (save $50)

[edit] Notebooks

CPU RAM FSB HDD RPM GPU VRAM Display resolution Academic price US Price EU Price
MacBook 2.1 GHz [4]
13.3 in, widescreen		 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo 1 GB 800 MHz 120 GB 5400 Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Shared 1280x800 £656.83 $1099 €1049
£699
Build-to-order 2x1 GB ($100), 2x2GB ($500) 160 GB ($50), 250 GB ($150)
MacBook 2.4 GHz
13.3 in, widescreen		 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 160 GB 5400 Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Shared 1280x800 £779.03 $1299 €1249
£829
Build-to-order 2x2GB ($400) 250 GB ($100)
MacBook Black
13.3 in, widescreen		 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 250 GB 5400 Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Shared 1280x800 £891.83 $1499 €1449
£949
Build-to-order 2x2GB ($400)
MacBook Air 1.6 GHz 13.3 in, widescreen 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 80 GB 4200 Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Shared 1280x800 £1126.83 $1799 €1699
£1199
Build-to-order 1.8 GHz US$300 64GB SSD US$999
MacBook Air 1.8 GHz 13.3 in, widescreen 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 64 GB SSD Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Shared 1280x800 £1905.85 $3098 €2868
£2028
CPU RAM FSB HDD RPM GPU VRAM Display resolution Academic price US Price EU Price
MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz [5]
15.4 in, widescreen		 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 200 GB 5400 nVidia Geforce 8600M GT 256 MB 1440x900 £1194.98 $1999 €1899
£1299
Build-to-order 2x2 GB ($400) 250 GB 5400 RPM ($50), 200 GB 7200 RPM ($100) Glossy
MacBook Pro 2.5 GHz
15.4 in, widescreen		 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 250 GB 5400 nVidia Geforce 8600M GT 512 MB 1440x900 £1471.10 $2499 €2399
£1599
Build-to-order 2.6 GHz ($250) 2x2 GB ($400) 200 GB 7200 RPM ($50) Glossy
MacBook Pro 17 in, widescreen 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHz 250 GB 5400 nVidia Geforce 8600M GT 512 MB 1680x1050 £1655.58 $2799 €2699
£1799
Build-to-order 2.6 GHz ($250) 2x2 GB ($400) 200 GB 7200 RPM ($50), 300 GB 4200 RPM ($75) Glossy, 1920x1200 resolution ($100)

[edit] Input/Output

Note that unless a product is specified as having an iSight camera, it will not come preloaded with the Photo Booth software; likewise if it does not have an Apple Remote it will not have the Front Row software.

USB FireWire 400 FireWire 800 Optical drive Gigabit Ethernet AirPort Extreme Bluetooth DVI/VGA ExpressCard Keyboard and Mouse iSight Remote Price
Mac mini 1.66GHz 4 1 No Combo Drive Yes Yes Yes DVI No No No Yes $599 / €659 / £399
Build-to-order Wired ($98), Wireless ($129)
Mac mini 1.83GHz 4 1 No SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes DVI No No No Yes $799 / €889 / £599
Build-to-order Wired ($98), Wireless ($129)
iMac 20 in low-end 3 1 1 SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes mini-DVI No Yes Yes Yes $1199 / £799
Build-to-order Wireless keyboard ($30), Wireless Mighty Mouse ($20)
iMac 20 in 3 1 1 SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes mini-DVI No Yes Yes Yes $1499 / £999
Build-to-order Wireless keyboard ($30), Wireless Mighty Mouse ($20)
iMac 24 in 3 1 1 SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes mini-DVI No Yes Yes Yes $1799 / £????
Build-to-order Wireless keyboard ($30), Wireless Mighty Mouse ($20)
Mac Pro 5 2 2 SuperDrive DL Yes No Yes Dual-link DVI No Yes No No $2799 / €2539 / £1699
Build-to-order Extra SuperDrive ($100) ($50) Wireless keyboard ($30), Wireless Mighty Mouse ($20)
USB FireWire 400 FireWire 800 Optical drive Gigabit Ethernet AirPort Extreme Bluetooth DVI/VGA ExpressCard Keyboard and Mouse iSight Remote Price
Xserve 2 1 2 8x SuperDrive DL Yes No No mini-DVI No No No No $2999
MacBook 2GHz 2 1 No Combo Drive Yes Yes Yes mini-DVI No Integrated Yes No $1099
MacBook 2.2GHz 2 1 No SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes mini-DVI No Integrated Yes No $1299 / €1319 / £899
MacBook Air 1 No No No No Yes Yes micro-DVI No Integrated Yes No $1799 / €1699 / £1199
Build-to-order US$99 external US$29 USB cable US$19 option
MacBook Pro 15 in 2 1 1 SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes Dual-link DVI Yes Integrated Yes No $1999 / €2019 / £1399
MacBook Pro 17 in 3 1 1 SuperDrive DL Yes Yes Yes Dual-link DVI Yes Integrated Yes No $2799 / €2829 / £1899

[edit] Physical specifications

Note that all portable models (both MacBook and Pro) come with MagSafe power connectors and a Sudden Motion Sensor. Also note that the configuration and manufacturing of a specific Mac can slightly alter the mass and weight.

Material Colour Width Height Depth Mass Photo
Mac mini Polycarbonate and aluminum Silver, white on top 16.51 cm / 6.5 in 5.08 cm / 2 in 16.51 cm / 6.5 in 1.31 kg / 2.9 lb
iMac 20 in Aluminum Silver, black border around screen 48.5 cm / 19.1 in 46.9 cm / 18.5 in 18.9 cm / 7.4 in 9.1 kg / 20 lb
iMac 24 in Aluminum Silver, black border around screen 56.9 cm / 22.4 in 52.0 cm / 20.5 in 20.7 cm / 8.1 in 11.5 kg / 25.4 lb
Mac Pro Aluminum Silver 20.6 cm / 8.1 in 51.1 cm / 20.1 in 47.5 cm / 18.7 in 20.2 to 22.1 kg / 44.5 to 48.8 lb
Xserve Aluminum Silver 44.7 cm / 17.6 in 4.4 cm / 1.73 in 71.1 cm / 28 in 14.4 to 17.4 kg / 31.7 to 38.3 lb
MacBook Polycarbonate White or black 32.5 cm / 12.8 in 2.75 cm / 1.08 in 22.7 cm / 8.94 in 2.27 kg / 5 lb
MacBook Air Aluminium Silver 32.5 cm / 12.8 in 0.4-1.94 cm / 0.16-0.76 in 22.7 cm / 8.94 in 1.36 kg / 3 lb
MacBook Pro 15 in Aluminium Silver 35.7 cm / 14.1 in 2.59 cm / 1.0 in 24.3 cm / 9.6 in 2.54 kg / 5.6 lb,
reduced to 2.45kg / 5.4 lb on June 05, 2007
MacBook Pro 17 in Aluminium Silver 39.2 cm / 15.4 in 2.59 cm / 1.0 in 26.5 cm / 10.4 in 3.08 kg / 6.8  lb

[edit] Expansion

RAM slots Maximum RAM User-replaceable HDD? HDD bays PCI-e slots
Mac mini 2 2 GB No 1 No
iMac 2 4 GB No 1 No
Mac Pro 8 32 GB Yes 4 4
Xserve 8 32 GB Yes 3 2(PCI-X)
MacBook 2 4 GB Yes 1 No
MacBook Air 2 2 GB No 1 No
MacBook Pro 2 4 GB No 1 1 (ExpressCard/34)

[edit] History

Announced Released Last revision
Mac mini January 11, 2005 [6] January 29, 2005 August 7, 2007
iMac May 1998 (Original) August 1998 August 7, 2007 [7]
Mac Pro August 7, 2006 August 7, 2006 January 8, 2008
Xserve May 2002 July 2002 January 8, 2008
MacBook May 16, 2006 [8] May 16, 2006 February 26, 2008
MacBook Air January 15, 2008 January 29, 2008
MacBook Pro 15.4 in January 10, 2006 [9] February 14, 2006 [10] February 26, 2008
MacBook Pro 17 in April 24, 2006 [11] April 24, 2006 February 26, 2008

[edit] Software

All Macintosh computers are preloaded with Mac OS X and the latest version of iLife, except the Xserves, which are bundled with Mac OS X Server and no iLife.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ MacBook Core 2 Duo can address up to 3GB of RAM. OtherWorldComputing. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
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