mac mini

The Mac Mini (stylized as Mac mini) is a small form-factor desktop computer developed and marketed by Apple Inc. As of 2021, it is positioned between the consumer all-in-one iMac and the professional Mac Pro as one of three current Macintosh desktop computers. It is the company's only consumer desktop computer since 2005 to ship without a display, a keyboard, and a mouse. The machine was initially branded as "BYODKM" (Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse) as a strategic pitch to encourage users to switch from PCs running operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux.
In January 2005, the original Mac Mini was introduced as a base model of the PowerPC G4 central processing unit processor. The following February 2006, Apple announced the second-generation lineup. It featured advanced components and internal software updates, and it switched the CPU processor to the Intel Core Solo. The third-generation, which was unveiled in June 2010, had a thinner, unibody aluminum case and an HDMI port, and was more readily positioned as a home theater device and an alternative to the Apple TV.
The 2018 fourth-generation Mac Mini model has Thunderbolt, an Intel Core i5 or i7 central processing unit (CPU), and also changed the case's default silver for space gray. This model also has solid-state storage and replaces most of the data ports with USB-C sockets. The fifth-generation lineup, operating Apple Silicon, was introduced in November 2020 in the original silver style. The fourth-generation model has remained available alongside this. A server version of the Mac Mini that is bundled with the Server edition of the OS X operating system was offered from 2009 to 2014. The Mac Minis received generally tepid reviews except for the fifth-generation model, which was praised for its compatibility, performance, processor, price, and power efficiencies, though it drew some occasional criticisms for its ports, speaker, integrated graphics, non-user-upgradable RAM and storage, and the expensive cost to buy associated accessories and displays.

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