Testseek.com have collected 71 expert reviews of the Apple Mac mini - Late 2009 MC238 / MC239 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac mini - Late 2009 MC238 / MC239.
March 2009
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Elegant
Compact design
Greatly improved graphics performance
Compact. Quiet. Dual-core performance. Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth built in. Windows compatible. FireWire 800. More powerful than nettops.
2.26 GHz
2.53 GHz
Or 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor
FireWire 800 port
5 USB ports
2 GB base memory
Twice as much as earlier models.
Compact. Energy efficient. Quiet. Dual-core performance. Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth built in. New iLife 09. Mac Os X 10.5 Windows compatible. FireWire 800 now standard.
Size has stayed tiny, despite hardware upgrade, Nvidia chipset offers better 3D and video decoding
No Bluray, No HDMI out or optical audio — Apple TV is still a standalone product, RAM upgrades overpriced
Apples newest Mac Mini is set to be a hit, being both small and powerful. We suspect that if Apple had managed to squeeze Blu-ray support in there, it would take a large chunk of the HTPC market.
Size has stayed tiny, despite hardware upgrade , Nvidia chipset offers better 3D and video decoding ,
No Blu-ray , No HDMI out — Apple TV is still a stand-alone product , RAM upgrades overpriced
Apple's newest Mac Mini is set to be a hit, being both small and powerful. We suspect that if Apple had managed to squeeze Blu-ray support in there, it would take a large chunk of the home theatre pc market....
Apple's Mac Mini is small, quiet and power-efficient, but it's expensive and you have to sacrifice performance and expandability for its compactness. ...
Abstract: Last week I bought myself an Apple Mac Mini and after a few mishaps regarding video adapters, I finally got it up and running towards the end of the week. Needless to say I was growing ever more impatient as it was sat on my desk doing little more tha...
Abstract: In less than a year, the Mac mini has bounced back from an uncertain future. Last March, its specification was boosted by a better graphics processor, support for two displays, a faster frontside bus to move data more quickly, a FireWire 800 port and a...
Poor performance for its price; not as living-room-friendly as its Windows-based competitors
Apple's latest Mac mini faces a greater challenge from small Windows PCs than older models did. If you demand a small, relatively affordable Mac, the mini is your only option. Otherwise, you can find Windows-based small-form-factor desktops that offer...
Published: 2009-11-20, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.co.uk
Combination of hardware and software is attractively priced; enough processing power for small businesses, small workgroups in larger enterprises, and educational environments.
No optical drive; use of 2.5in hard drives hampers speed.
