Mac mini

Brilliance, squared.

There’s nothing like Mac mini. At just 16.51 cm (6.5 inches) square and 5.08 cm (2 inches) tall, it’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer.

Small. Simple. Beautiful.

Mac mini has a sleek, anodised aluminium case and clean, white surface. It’s small, elegant and unassuming. In fact, it looks so simple it's hard to believe it’s a computer at all.

Packed with power.

Mac mini was engineered to fit a lot of computer into a little space. It’s powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with advanced NVIDIA graphics and fast DDR3 memory. There’s plenty of storage space — up to 500GB1 — for just about anything. And it comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the world’s most advanced operating system. Who knew something so small could be so huge?

Plug. And play.

Mac mini includes five USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 800 port, so you can connect your keyboard, mouse, iPod, iPhone, digital camera, DV camcorder, external hard drive, printer and any other peripherals you use. Mac mini even lets you connect up to two displays, including your TV, with the mini-DVI port and Mini DisplayPort. On the front of Mac mini is the ultrafast, slot-loading SuperDrive for playing DVDs and CDs — or burning your own.

The many uses of Mac mini.

Because Mac mini is so small, it can be just about anything you want it to be. And be amazing at it, too. Officially, Mac mini is a desktop computer. But because it can go places no other desktop can go, it’s been used everywhere from boats to server rooms, as the heart of an entertainment centre — and even to power robots.

The world’s most energy-efficient desktop computer.

EPEAT Gold and Energy Star logos with a recycle symbol

What Mac mini doesn’t do could be its biggest feat. It doesn’t waste energy. When Mac mini is idle, it consumes less than 14 watts2 — no other desktop computer does that. Mac mini is made from highly recyclable aluminium. And the small package makes it efficient to ship.

Learn more about Mac mini and the environment

  1. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
  2. Claim based on energy efficiency categories and products listed within the EPA ENERGY STAR 5.0 database as of October 2009.