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Macs Macs Basics Reviews Tips & Tricks From Tom Nelson, your Guide to Macs This week started out with Apple providing a one-two punch of updates, with a new unibody Mac mini and version 10.6.4 of Snow Leopard. Of the two, the Mac mini is the most interesting. By switching to a unibody chassis, Apple has for the first time brought internal expandability in the form of user accessible RAM to the Mac mini line. Apple also added features that makes this new incarnation of the mini the perfect candidate for use in a home entertainment system. While Apple is busy boosting the performance of its Mac lineup, Adobe is making headway with its Flash player, releasing version 10.1, which offers much needed speed improvements. Preview of the 2010 Mac mini: New HDMI Port and SD Card Slot On Tuesday, Apple released a brand new unibody Mac mini. The 2010 Mac mini is easily the best of the mini series. It offers user upgradable RAM, a first in the mini, as well as improved graphics, an HDMI port, and an SD card slot. Apple has also kicked up the processor speeds, making this Mac a mini power dynamo... Read more Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1 Adobe has released the long anticipated Flash Player 10.1 for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms. This major update is expected to not only bring a severely needed performance boost, but... Read more MacBook Upgrade Guide If you're thinking about upgrading your MacBook and wondering how difficult it might be, stop worrying. The MacBook is one of the easiest Macs to upgrade with more memory or a larger hard drive. The only disappointment is that the MacBook has only two memory slots. Depending on the model, you can add a maximum of 2, 4, 6, or 8 GB... Read more New Video: How to Format a Mac OS X Hard Drive Ron Lipsky takes you step by step through formatting a hard drive... Watch Video Once Ron shows you the basics, take a look at: Format Your Hard Drive Using Disk Utility for an in-depth look at each step. Macs Ads Mac Apple Mac Mini 2 GHZ Latest Mac OS X Apple Duo M8840LL a Mac Featured Articles Mac mini Upgrade Guide Share Your Favorite Mac Applications Reader's Choice Awards 2010 Winners Macs and Home Theater: Connect Your Mac to Your HDTV Make the Most of the Finder Sidebar View Hidden Folders on Your Mac Using Terminal   More from About.com Plan a Unique Vegas Wedding The minister, music and champagne are just the beginning -- why not get married aboard a helicopter or have a pirate swing in to deliver your rings? Arrrr! More> Join About.com's User Panel! Share your opinions and help us make About.com more relevant, informative and enjoyable to use. More> This newsletter is written by: Tom Nelson Macs Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Macs newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Mac News & Events Apple Updates Snow Leopard to Version 10.6.4 Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Will be 32-bit Only Flagit!: Tom's Budget Software Pick Advertisement