With USB 2.0 and FireWire, it’s easy to add all sorts of peripherals.Īpple cut costs by including just one memory slot and by leaving out the keyboard and mouse, but some choices actually raise the cost of the Mac mini, particularly the slot-loading optical drive and the use of 2.5″ laptop hard drives that are smaller, more energy efficient, and more expensive than the 3.5″ drives found in most desktop computers.ĭue to poor cooling, the ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor can overheat during intensive gaming, producing what one reader calls “swirling flying triangles”.
#USES FOR OLD MAC MINI BLUETOOTH#
There’s room inside for Bluetooth and AirPort Extreme (to be installed by Apple or an authorized dealer, not by the user).
#USES FOR OLD MAC MINI UPGRADE#
Memory can be expanded to 1 GB (there’s only one memory slot, so if you upgrade, you have to remove what’s installed), and Apple doesn’t recommend that users upgrade RAM (although this will not void your warranty). Mac OS X 10.4 and later include support for remapping the Windows alt and option keys to option and cmd. Apple says buyers can plug in their favorite USB keyboard and mouse – or buy Apple’s offerings. The Mac mini is Apple’s only desktop model that doesn’t include a keyboard or mouse. (More than two USB ports would have been nice.) On the rear, almost enough ports to do everything important. On the front, there’s just a slot-loading optical drive and a power light. The tiny Mac mini (6.5″ square, 2″ high, 2.9 lb.) has a minimalist design. There is no difference in packaging, so the only way to know which version you had was to plug it in and turn it on. When you bought a Mac mini, Apple only promised you’d get “at least” 1.25 GHz or 1.42 GHz. 5400 rpm hard drives are now standard, replacing 4400 rpm drives found in earlier Minis.Īpple didn’t initially acknowledge the existence of these faster models, even though many people had received them instead of the older, slightly slower models they had ordered. It uses the same Radeon 9200 graphics processor. The Late 2005 Mac mini has 64 MB of VRAM in the 1.5 GHz model, twice as much as other Minis.
The SuperDrive is bumped from 4x to 8x, can now burn dual-layer discs, and also works with DVD-RAM media. The Late 2005 model boosts CPU speeds to 1.33 GHz and 1.5 GHz. In July, Apple bumped base RAM from 256 MB to 512 MB. The original Mac mini was introduced in January 2005 at 1.25 GHz and 1.42 GHz.
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