The second is a quad-core model at MacStadium, on which I run the streaming software used for Relay FM’s live shows.īoth machines have SSDs and are stuffed full of RAM. It handles file sharing for my Drobo, hosts the family iTunes library and acts as a DVD player, thanks to a USB SuperDrive. I have two Mid-2011 Mac minis in active duty. Customers who want more flexible machines are willing to spend good money on older machines to have access to things that Apple has taken away. The only good things I can really say about the 2014 models is that Apple was able to bring back the $499 SKU, and that the value of 20 machines is still quite high. Putting in a second drive just isn’t an option anymore. The second 2.5-inch drive bay has been removed.There is no longer a quad-core model, even as a build-to-order option.Even if it was easy to get to, the memory is soldered to the logic board.
That bottom panel still comes off, but underneath is just a sheet of metal. While it may look like the 20 machines, Apple made several changes that have made its smallest Mac noticeably worse:
Optical drives? Where we’re going, we don’t need optical drives.Ĭurrently, the Late 2014 Mac mini is the newest model available. In October 2009, Apple introduced a $999 Mac mini that was unlike all other models before it:
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CPU speed stayed the same, but the update brought Mini DisplayPort in addition to mini-DVI making this the first Mac mini to support multiple displays. 2Įventually, in March 2009, Apple refreshed the Mac mini again. The Mid 2007 model was on sale for 19 months, leading many to worry that the Mac mini was going to be discontinued by Apple. The Late 2006 model brought a CPU speed bump, while the Mid 2007 machines came with 1 GB of RAM, larger hard drives and the Core 2 Duo processor. The Mini’s industrial design would remain in place for several more generations. The high-end model, with a SuperDrive, Core duo CPU and a larger hard drive was $799. The base model, which is the only Mac to have ever shipped with the Intel Core Solo processor, was $599. That small black plastic at the right of the optical drive opening? That’s the infrared port.Īll of these improvements came with an increase in price. Apple kept the case design intact, while adding two additional USB ports, audio in, Gigabit Ethernet and an infrared port for using the Apple Remote with Front Row. Like the iMac, the Mac mini’s move to Intel did not involve a radical redesign. The high-end model got a better GPU and a nicer SuperDrive. In September 2005, Apple silently revved the Mac mini to include a faster hard drive and CPU. They showed up in cars and alongside DVD players in home entertainment setups.
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While I believe many switchers did purchase a Mac mini as their entrance into the Mac OS X ecosystem, the small computer soon garnered a large fan base. All of this was packed into a computer just 2 inches tall and 6.5 inches wide and deep.Īt this point the iMac and Power Mac were both sporting G5 processors, but the Mac mini’s reduced specs helped Apple hit that amazing price point. Both initial models came with a Combo optical drive that could read DVDs and burn CDs. The original Mac mini was powered by a 1.25 or 1.42 GHz G4 processor, came with a slow 4200 RPM hard drive and just 256 MB of RAM installed. Introduced in 2005, the Mac mini was unlike anything else Apple was selling at the time.
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