Thunderbolt also supports other peripherals that use the Thunderbolt standard which provides up to 10 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions. We plan to add some other examples of Quad-Core desktop Macs (including a faster Mac mini) to these graphs in the days ahead but the point is made. It does not have an internal optical drive, although an external one could be purchased for US$79.Ĭonnectivity includes a Firewire '800' port, four USB 2.0 ports, combined 'audio line in (digital/analog)' and combined 'audio line out/headphone (digital/analog)' minijacks, a 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet port, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, an SDXC card slot and an HDMI port as well as a new 'Thunderbolt' port that is backwards compatible with Mini DisplayPort and likewise supports an external display at 2560x1600 and passes an audio signal as well. The 2012 Quad-Core i7 Mac mini is a real contender when it comes to CPU power compared to our examples of a Quad-Core Mac Pro and Quad-Core iMac. Purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan to extend your service and support to three years from your computer’s purchase date. Your Mac mini comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty. The Apple Mac mini 'Core i7' 2.0 Server (Mid-2011) features a 32-nm 'Sandy Bridge' Quad Core 2.0 GHz Intel 'Core i7' (2635QM) processor with four independent processor 'cores' on a single chip, a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 16GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-10600) memory, dual Dual 500GB Hard Drives, and Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of memory shared with the system. Dual-core model: 12 dBA at idle Quad-core model: 15 dBA at idle Limited Warranty and Service.

Mac mini i7 quad core with 16gbram