The guys from iFixit have already received a new Mac mini and, according to good old tradition, have disassembled it!

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Comes with power cord and HDMI-DVI adapter

The body is made from a single piece of aluminum. The dimensions are 3.6 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm and the weight is only 1.37 kg. The apple logo is now black, like an iPad or iMac.

Well, you're all clear.

Compared to previous generations, the new Mac mini is wider and thinner.


Turn counterclockwise, remove the cover and see the RAM and the fan.

It is quite simple to change the RAM, in the base configuration 2 GB of memory (2 plates of 1 GB each). The maximum supported capacity is 8 GB.


Unscrew the 2 screws and remove the cooling. To reduce noise and vibration screws have rubber gaskets. The noise level of Mac mini is 14 dB.


Like previous generations of Mac mini, the entire system is cooled with a single fan.


Wi-Fi antenna is held on 4 screws.

Antenna connector hid near the hard drive.


Remove the plastic cover and access the connectors on the motherboard. Turning off the hard drive, drive, thermal datuchki, IR receiver.




Turning off the power and gently pull out the motherboard.


Here she is beautiful!


The small speaker rests on 2 cogs.



Next to the speaker is the AirPort Extreme. It has support for 802.11n networks and Bluetooth 2.1.


Remove the cooling.


Remove the back of the connectors and another antenna.


So, on the right, Intel P8600 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, on the left, NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB DDR3 SDRAM.
On the other side of the left top is the Delta LFE9249-R LAN filter, to the right of it is the Broadcom BCM57765 Gigabit ethernet and card reader controller. Below the Cirrus 4206ACNZ audio controller.


Hard disk is easy to replace yourself.



Power supply 7 amps at 12 volts.
Many were surprised how Apple could fall asleep there the power supply ?!


The drive easily leaves on a sled. Drive model is brand new!
Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) Super Multi DVD Rewriter model GA32N

Well that's all!
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