2012 Apple Mac mini | from US$599.00 | www.apple.com
no. on contrary to believe, the 2012 Mac mini didn’t change in size or appearance but instead, it gets faster third generation Intel Core processors – up to 2.3GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core performance (configurable to 2.6GHz) and it is now blessed with Intel HD Graphics 4000 which is said to be 65 percent faster than its predecessor. still retaining the sleek aluminum chassis, the 2012 iteration features 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM as standard but supports up to 16GB (as opposed to the previous based of mere 2GB 1333MHz item that’s configurable up to 8GB), up to 1TB of HDD that’s configurable to a 256GB solid state drive or 1TB Fusion Drive (basically a bit of both types of drive), four USB 3.0 ports (as opposed to USB 2.0 on the old model), along with the usual suspects of IR receiver, Gigabit Ethernet port, FireWire 800, HDMI, Thunderbolt, audio-in and out jack, SDXC card slot, WiFi (a/b/g/n), as well as Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology. it will, of course, comes with Mac OS X Mountain Lion plus the do-it-all iLife and among the many others to get you started. as for pricing, a basic Mac mini starts from $599 and can run up to $1,499 if you opt for everything of the very best Apple has to offer currently. still that figure does not include essentials such as the display and input devices.
