Mac mini unboxing and dissection

The guys at Macminicolo.net have already gotten their hands on a new Mac mini, and they offer not only the obligatory unboxing, but a dis-assembly as well. As before it seems you can take the mini apart with a putty knife. A few parts have been moved around or re-oriented, and there are now three antennas as well as a SATA optical drive (i.e. SuperDrive).

Now that they've got a look at the guts they promise to start benchmarking the new minis in server performance. Needless to say, they're optimistic that the new machines will make even better servers than the last model.

Thanks Brian!

[via 9to5Mac]

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-wsn

I grabbed a new mini on Fri. I got the low end one. I still have the 2 1gb DDR3's from my AlumiBook when I upped to 4gb, so one will soon go in it. Just need to find me a putty knife. I tell you everytime I stare at this mini, my 24led, and my AlumiBook in can't help thinking iPhone v3 (hardware) will have a miniDP port on it. Hooking up an iPhone to a miniDP and a BT keyboard would be cool.

Cheers
-wsn

March 08 2009 at 12:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rowan

EXCELLENT!
Just what I wanted!
I've ordered one, I shall pull it out of it's case, and put it in something else (probably micro pc case or an old mac case) and connect 2x1TB 7200 drives to the two sata ports (separately powered obviously) max out the ram, use a USB-SATA cable to reconnect the slotload burner, and use minidvi - dvi and minidisplayport - dvi to run my two 24" lcds.
Excellent! :)

March 04 2009 at 8:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

wes92

Has anyone tried upgrading the RAM to see if the OS actually does allocate more VRAM?

March 04 2009 at 4:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jleclair

FAKE!!!

March 04 2009 at 3:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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pureadrenalin2005

Really? I guess Apple likes to fill their website full of fake stuff.

March 05 2009 at 1:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Preston

did anyone noticed that the new mini has 10 vents and the leaked photo only had 9?

March 04 2009 at 11:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Steve McKenna

put a drobo on here and you are good to go!

March 04 2009 at 10:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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ash

MAB! - I don't think it does.

I still want a Mac Mini but can't get over the pricing. I guess if I ever do get one, I know that they won't come out with a newer one for a long, long time.

http://lemonlimedesigns.ca/blog/new-mac-minis-released-still-doesnt-make-us-nerds-happy

March 04 2009 at 9:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mark

Does it void the warranty if you change the ram out in one of these?

March 04 2009 at 8:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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brian

No. Not as far as installation goes, at least. If you put in bad RAM and fry it, then yeah, probably. :-)

March 04 2009 at 10:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply