APPLE MAC MINI REVIEW 2010 2.3GHZ UPGRADE
APPLE MAC MINI REVIEW 2010 2.3GHZ PC

If you used emojis a whole bunch you might want to think about picking one of these keyboards up. These new keyboards by Logitech have our favourite emojis built in and we love them! The same could be said of the USB ports, if you want to regularly move files to a USB drive, you'll need to make sure you have easy access. Its less convenient for those who might have the Mac mini as part of an installation, but for those who have it sitting on a desk it isn't a significant issue. Putting it on the rear makes the design look tidy, but if you regularly want to use it to access files from your digital camera for example, you'll be scrabbling around the back to do so. Arranged as they are we didn't have a problem, until it came to the SD card slot. The connections are precisely arranged on the rear, offering up Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, 4x USB 2.0, an SD card slot and headphone and mic 3.5mm jacks.

APPLE MAC MINI REVIEW 2010 2.3GHZ UPGRADE

This simply rotates and comes away, revealing the innards, so you can easily upgrade the RAM yourself, giving you the freedom to shop around, or wait until you find you need to upgrade it. So there are configuration options available to you, but they do come at a cost.įortunately, one of the changes made to the Mac mini is the new removable bottom. There is a 320GB hard drive, with a 500GB version costing you an extra £80. This is supported by 2GB of RAM, upgradeable to a maximum of 8GB, although that would set you back an extra £400. Internally you get that Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.4GHz, with a 2.66GHz version available for an additional £123. Fans of Apple Mac computers can't help but notice the creep in price, especially as when we reviewed the Mac mini in March 2009 it was under £500. It measures 197mm square, with a height of just 36mm and effectively offers up the same internals as the MacBook (except the hard drive is a little bigger at 320GB in the Mac mini), which adds a screen and keyboard in its plastic enclosure for an additional £200.

The Mac mini won't just look the part set alongside your high-end home cinema rig, but it offers up more power than your average nettop, such as the Acer Aspire Revo, which offers an Intel Atom processor, rather than the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on offer here. On several occasions when we were introduced to the Mac mini by Apple, they pointed out that people liked to connect the Mac mini to their TV, hence the inclusion of an HDMI connector, a first for Apple.

APPLE MAC MINI REVIEW 2010 2.3GHZ PC

Designed like this, the Mac mini is the sort of desktop PC you will be happy to have on display, and Apple also has its sights on the home cinema market.

Apple mac mini review 2010 2.3ghz