Mac Mini
Specifications

Mac Mini

Section Title: Specifications
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Component	Intel Core	Intel Core 2 Duo

Model	Early 2006	Late 2006	Mid-2007	Early 2009	Late 2009

Release date	February 28, 2006	September 6, 2006	August 7, 2007	March 3, 2009	October 20, 2009

Order number	MA205*/A, MA206*/A	MA607*/A, MA608*/A	MB138*/A, MB139*/A	MB463*/A, MB464*/A	MC238*/A, MC239*/A, MC408*/A

Model identifier	Macmini1,1	Macmini2,1	Macmini3,1

Model number	A1176	A1283

Processor	1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo (T1200) or 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo (T2300) Upgradable up to an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz T7600 processor.	1.66 GHz (T2300) or 1.83 GHz (T2400) Intel Core Duo Upgradable up to an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz T7600 processor.	1.83 GHz (T5600) or 2.0 GHz (T7200) Intel Core 2 Duo Upgradable up to an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz T7600 processor.	2.0 GHz (P7350) Intel Core 2 Duo Optional 2.26 GHz (P8400) Intel Core 2 Duo	2.26 GHz (P7550) or 2.53 GHz (P8700) Intel Core 2 Duo Optional 2.66 GHz (P8800) Intel Core 2 Duo

Cache	2 MB on-chip L2 cache	2 MB (1.83 GHz), 4 MB (2.0 GHz) shared	3 MB on-chip L2 cache

Front-side bus	667 MHz	1067 MHz

Memory	512 MB (2 × 256 MB) of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Expandable to 2 GB (Expandable to 4GB after Core 2 Duo upgrade and macmini2.1 efi hack	1 GB (2 × 512 MB) of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Expandable to 4 GB	1 GB (1 × 1 GB) or 2 GB (2 × 1 GB) of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM Expandable to 8 GB (4 GB supported by Apple)	2 GB (2 × 1 GB) or 4 GB (2 × 2 GB) of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM Expandable to 8 GB (4 GB supported by Apple)

Graphics	Intel GMA 950 using 64 MB of DDR2 SDRAM (up to 224 MB in OS X with sufficient RAM or Windows through Boot Camp)	Nvidia GeForce 9400M using 128 MB or 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM	Nvidia GeForce 9400M using 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM

Shared with main memory

Hard drive	60 or 80 GB Optional 100 GB or 120 GB	60 or 80 GB Optional 100 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB	80 or 120 GB Optional 160 GB	120 or 320 GB Optional 250 GB	160 or 320 GB 2 × 500 GB on Server model Optional 500 GB

Serial ATA 5400-rpm

Optical drive	8× DVD read, 24× CD-R and 16× CD-RW recording Combo drive or 8× DVD±R read, 4× DVD±R writes or 2× DVD±RW writes, 24× CD read, 16× CD-R, and 8× CD-RW recording SuperDrive	8× DVD±R read, 6× DVD±R-DL writes, 8× DVD±R writes or 6× DVD±RW writes, 24× CD read, 24× CD-R and CD-RW recording SuperDrive	8× DVD±R read, 6× DVD±R-DL writes, 8× DVD±R writes, 6× DVD-RW writes, 8× DVD+RW writes, 24× CD read, 24× CD-R and CD-RW recording SuperDrive No optical drive on Server model

Connectivity	Airport Extreme Atheros 802.11b/g Gigabit Ethernet Bluetooth 2.0+EDR	Airport Extreme Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Gigabit Ethernet Bluetooth 2.1+EDR	Airport Extreme Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/n Gigabit Ethernet Bluetooth 2.1+EDR

Peripherals	4x USB 2.0 1x Firewire 400 Built-in mono speaker Audio-out mini-jack Audio line-in/digital audio input	5x USB 2.0 1x Firewire 800 Built-in mono speaker Audio-out mini-jack Audio line-in/digital audio input

Video out	DVI	Mini-DVI and Mini DisplayPort

Original operating system	Mac OS X 10.4.5 "Tiger"	Mac OS X 10.4.7 "Tiger"	Mac OS X 10.4.10 "Tiger"	Mac OS X 10.5.6 "Leopard"	Mac OS X 10.6.1 "Snow Leopard" or Mac OS X 10.6.1 "Snow Leopard Server"

Latest possible operating system	Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" using a workaround after Core 2 Duo upgrade.	Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" if 2 GB RAM installed, otherwise Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"	OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" if 2 GB RAM installed, otherwise Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Unofficially, can run MacOS 10.14 "Mojave" without wifi using Mojave Patcher	OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" Unofficially, can run MacOS 10.14 "Mojave" with Mojave Patcher.

Weight	2.9 pounds (1.3 kg)

Dimensions	2.0 inches (51 mm) H × 6.5 inches (170 mm) W × 6.5 inches (170 mm) D

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The Intel-based Mac mini uses 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, while models starting with the early 2009 used 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM.

final_sentence: The Intel-based Mac mini uses 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, while models starting with the early 2009 used 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM.