The new Mac Mini: Unboxing and disassembly

The new Mac Mini was presented two days ago, and some sites have already proceeded with the usual unboxing and disassembly coverages. The guys from MacMinicolo.net were some of the first ones to do so. Aesthetically, the new Mac Mini doesn’t differ too much from the previous model (except for the back panel with different connectors), but the new package is smaller: 31% smaller according to Apple.

Some surprises can be found internally. The positioning of some components has changed: particularly, the RAM, that previously was perpendicular to the front part of the Mac Mini, and now is in parallel. There is a second Airport antenna now, making a total of three antennae (one is for the Bluetooth).

Another detail that will not make some fans happy is the fact that the CPU seems to be soldered to the motherboard, like on the notebooks. That makes it unable to be eventually changed, which was previously possible.

Here are the pictures, courtesy of Macminicolo.net. Enjoy!

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