Retaining its amazingly compact aluminum design, the new Mac mini now includes four USB 3.0 ports in addition to its Thunderbolt, HDMI, SDXC, Gigabit Ethernet, and FireWire® 800 ports.īoth iMac and Mac mini meet stringent Energy Star 5.2 requirements and achieve an EPEAT Gold rating.*** iMac uses up to 50 percent less energy than the previous generation when idle, and features LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. Head past the break for Apple's official wording.įor more coverage, visit our Apple Special Event hub!Īpple also updated the Mac® mini with third generation dual-core Intel Core i5 and quad-core Intel Core i7 processors that are up to twice as fast and have integrated graphics that are up to 65 percent faster.** Mac mini comes standard with 4GB of 1600 MHz memory with support for up to 16GB. Shipping models come with OS X Mountain Lion pre-installed. Update: Apple says the new Mac Mini will indeed feature a Thunderbolt port, as well as SDXC, Gigabit Ethernet, and FireWire 800 ports. We'll have more as soon as Apple puts out official word on the device, but it should pop up in the Apple Store when it returns following today's event. We didn't catch a mention of Thunderbolt ports, but we'd be surprised if they went missing. When it comes to ports, four USB 3.0 slots come built-in, as well as an SD card reader and HDMI out. Graphics are handled by the (rather paltry) Intel HD 4000 GPU, and Bluetooth 4.0 is handling wireless devices. You can of course kit that out to 16GB of RAM, and you could always add a 256GB SDD should you not get down with spinning discs these days. Apple's rolling out two new Mac Minis with varying storage and processing capabilities - first a $599 model with a 2.5GHz dual-core i5 Ivy Bridge processor, 4GB of RAM and 500GB HDD, and second a $999 server model with a 2.3GHz quad-core i7 Ivy Bridge, 4GB of RAM and dual 1TB HDDs.
#2012 mac mini review update
Apple's smallest desktop, the Mac Mini, is getting a spec update just one year after its last refresh.
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