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1. #WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 PC#
2. #WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 BLUETOOTH#
3. #WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 TV#

Inside, the mini is very similar to the $999 MacBook: our tester was the lone standard configuration, with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, an NVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive. Oh, and this is the first time Apple's done an SDXC slot, so that's nice - expect to see that on other SD-equipped Macs as time goes on. As with the previous mini, you can use both display outputs simultaneously the mini DisplayPort supports a max res of 2560 x 1600. The HDMI port itself is said to be "HDMI 1.3-compliant," and it'll carry up to eight channels of audio and run displays up to 1920 x 1200, although it doesn't support the little-used Deep Color.

Apple says the idea is for the mini to be able to plug into most everything out of the box, so there's an HDMI-to-DVI adapter packed in the box, and you can obviously score a VGA mini DisplayPort adapter as well. Round back there's a pretty standard array of ports: four USB, FireWire 800, gigabit Ethernet, an SDXC card slot, mini DisplayPort, HDMI, mic in, and audio out, which supports optical out as well. We tried the mini all over the house on our 5GHz WiFi network and suffered zero problems, so it seems like this little trick was effective for us - we'll see how others with larger or more complex WiFi setups fare.

#WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 BLUETOOTH#

Bluetooth and a second matching WiFi antenna are also located on the plastic back panel for 360-degree coverage. This is for two reasons: the front lip houses an air intake, which is vented out the back, and it also creatively conceals a WiFi antenna, which would otherwise be stifled by that all-aluminum enclosure. The new mini doesn't actually sit flat on a surface - it actually rises up off the ground by a few millimeters on a circular pedestal.

#WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 TV#

In fact, the new mini looks like nothing so much as the Apple TV - but we'll get to the heart of that comparison later. Apple tells us the new and old minis are essentially the same size by volume you might think of the new mini as being a flattened-out version of the old. Obviously the major portion of the case is the aluminum unibody, which is thinner than the previous-gen at an inch and a quarter, but slightly bigger around at seven by seven inches square.

By the same token, the new design promises to have equal staying power: it's at once both simpler and more deeply considered. That's partially a testament to the minimalist good looks of the previous design, of course - it's managed to blend in with every Apple design trend of the past five years. The new mini represents the first major redesign in the product's history since it was first introduced in 2005.

#WIFI DONGLE FOR MAC MINI MID 2010 PC#

So is the mini worth the premium? Is it the ultimate small PC for the living room - and beyond? Read on to find out.

On the flip side, the base price of the only stock consumer configuration has gone up to $699, and to be blunt, much cheaper PCs have had HDMI ports forever. And now it's gotten even more attractive as a home theater PC, since Apple's given the newest Mac mini a striking unibody makeover, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, and - a first for any Mac - an HDMI port, making it a dead-simple addition to your HDTV.

And, of course, people have longed been connecting Mac minis to HDTVs and using 'em as a media players - it's small, quiet, relatively powerful, and it's a real computer, so it can play virtually any video file you throw at it. But people love this little weirdo, and they love to do weirdly awesome things with it - we've seen Mac minis stuffed into everything from old G4 Cube shells to volleyball-playing robots to pianos to. The Mac mini has long been the oddball child of the Mac family: it's the only consumer-level machine from Apple that isn't a fully-integrated experience, and it's the only Mac to have had a sub-$1,000 sticker price in some time.