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Mac mini (Early/Late 2009)
A1283 · Aluminum mini (pre-unibody)
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1283 |
| Machine ID | Macmini3,1 |
Reference
| Original price | $599 – $899 |
| Announced | 2009-03-03 |
| Discontinued | 2010-06-15 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS X 10.7 Lion |
| Design era | Aluminum mini (pre-unibody) |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum / polycarbonate base |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.0 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo P8800 @ 2.66 GHz |
| Memory | 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB (max, unofficial) |
| Storage | 120 GB SATA HDD, 160 GB SATA HDD, 320 GB SATA HDD, 500 GB SATA HDD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (integrated, 256 MB shared) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Mac OS X 10.6.7, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.1, Mac OS X 10.7.2, Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.7.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5 |
| Removable media | Slot-loading SuperDrive |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 5× USB 2.0 · 1× FireWire 400 (Early '09) / FireWire 800 (Late '09) · Gigabit Ethernet · Mini DVI · Mini DisplayPort (Late '09) · 3.5mm audio in/out (optical) |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 165 × 51 × 165 mm |
| Weight | 1.31 kg |
Known quirks
- Same external chassis as 2006-2007 Intel mini — last of the non-unibody design
- GeForce 9400M chipset shared video RAM from system memory
- Late 2009 refresh replaced FireWire 400 with FW800 and added Mini DisplayPort
- Officially capped at 4 GB RAM but handles 8 GB unofficially
- Last Mac mini with an optical drive (Early/Late 2009) — 2010 model dropped it