While Apple introduced majorupgrades to its iMacandMacBook proline at Tuesday ’s media upshot , the company also refreshed the Mac mini , offering immobile processors and computer memory choice .

The new Mac miniskirt looks almost selfsame toits predecessoron the outside , with the only extraneous change being rising slope to the computer ’s four USB ports — the mini now use the USB 3.0 touchstone . Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller observe that the big change to this translation of the Mac mini can be found on the interior . The entry - grade $ 599 simulation now have a 2.5GHz dual - substance Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor ( up from 2.3GHz last class ) and a faster Intel HD Graphics 4000 ( equate to HD Graphics 3000 last twelvemonth ) . It continues to let in a 500 GB toilsome drive .

The $ 799 Mac mini model now utilize a 2.3GHz quad - core Intel Core i7 processor ( up from a 2.5GHz dual - kernel Core i5 processor last class ) . It also now uses Intel HD Graphics 4000 , compared to a discrete AMD Radeon HD 6630 M in the 2011 version . It continue to include a 1 TB voiceless effort .

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The $ 999 Mac mini Server now ships with a 2.3GHz quad - meat Intel Core i7 processor ( up from 2.0GHz last year ) and the Intel HD Graphics 4000 , dual 1 TB 5400rpm voiceless drive ( equate to 750 GB 7200rpm last year ) , and 4 GB of RAM . It also replaces the USB 2.0 ports with USB 3.0 .

All mannequin still lark about 4 GB of RAM , gigabit ethernet ; Thunderbolt , FireWire 800 , and HDMI ports ; an SDXC wag proofreader ; and audio input and output jacks . Apple claims the new processors and art buffalo chip proffer performance that ’s up to 65 percent quicker than with last year ’s Mac mini models .

Apple will also offer a unequalled build up - to - lodge option for the $ 799 Mac mini : The company’snew Fusion Drive , which compound 128 GB of fanfare storage and either 1 TB or 3 TB of traditional hard - driving force on a single drive . The maneuver system and stock apps are ab initio stored on the flare memory , but as you use the data processor , OS X determines which apps and files you use most frequently and moves those file onto the flare reposition .

Mac mini with OS X Server (Late 2012)

Apple say the new Mac mini starts shipping Tuesday .

update 11:30am to add data about the $ 799 Mac mini framework , port , and Apple ’s carrying into action claims . Updated 1:55pm to take down that the Fusion Drive option is available only for the $ 799 mini , and to correct the speed of the Server adaptation ’s hard driveway .

Mac mini with OS X Server (Late 2012)

Mac mini/2.3GHz Core i7 (Late 2012)

Mac mini/2.5GHz Core i5 (Late 2012)