![]() (There are ways to get 10.6 on the 2011 Mini, but it requires cloning Snow Leopard from another Mac.) If you’re not ready for Lion – or are unwilling to go there – it’s the last and best Mac mini option, and its Nvidia graphics may be better for gaming than the Intel HD Graphics in newer Minis. The one compelling reason to choose the Mid 2010 Mac mini is that it can run OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (and thus PowerPC software) and has a built-in SuperDrive. The Late 2014 Mac mini originally shipped with OS X 10.10 Yosemite and can be upgraded for free to 10.11 El Capitan. ![]() You can buy your Mini with Apple’s Fusion Drive, which couples a 128 GB SSD and a 1 TB hard drive to optimize drive performance far beyond what hybrid hard drives can provide. If you need an optical drive, you can add the external Apple USB SuperDrive for $79. System memory can no longer be upgraded after purchase.įireWire 800 is gone, but it has two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.0. Apple last updated the Mac mini in Late 2014, moving to a 1.4 GHz dual-core low-power Intel i5 CPU that can Turbo Boost to 2.6 GHz on the entry-level model and a very powerful 2.6 GHz i5 on the “better” Mini (power hungry users can upgrade that to a 2.8 GHz i5 or 3.0 GHz i7). ![]()
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