L元734M40.book Thursday, J3:45 PM Contents 9 Chapter 1: Getting Started 10 What’s in the Box 11 Setting up Your Mac mini 17 Next Steps 19 Putting Your Mac mini to Sleep or Shutting It Down 21 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Mac mini 22 What’s on the Front of Your Mac mini 24 What’s on the Back of Your Mac mini 26 Learning About Mac OS X 27 Getting Answers Using Mac Help 28 Customizing Your Desktop and Setting Your Preferences 29 Connecti patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision ® ENERGY STAR is a U.S.
L元734M40.book Thursday, J3:45 PM PowerPC™ and the PowerPC logo™ are trademarks of The product described in this manual incorporates International Business Machines Corporation, used copyright protection technology that is protected by under license therefrom. and other copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent countries. iDVD, iLife, iMovie, iPhoto, iPod, iTunes, Mac, the Mac logo, Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. Apple, the Apple logo, AirPort, Final Cut, FireWire, iCal, © 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. L元734M40.book Thursday, J3:45 PM K Apple Computer, Inc. Later versions of the third generation included a Thunderbolt port, dual-core i5, and quad-core i7 processors, support for up to 16 GB of memory, Bluetooth 4.0, and a choice between Intel HD Graphics 3000 Integrated or AMD Radeon HD 6630 dedicated graphics. It also came with an HDMI port, which Apple described as being HDMI 1.4 compliant, that replaced the mini-DVI port as one of the main video connection methods. Moreover, this generation included an internal power supply and an SD card slot. The Mac mini Unibody was distinct through its thinner unibody aluminum case.
The compact size of the Mac mini is achieved through the computer’s use of numerous laptop components.
Accordingly, it was originally marketed as BYODKM (Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse) and was aimed towards users who were making the switch from a traditional PC running operating systems like Microsoft Windows. Since 1989, the Mac mini is the only Apple laptop that ships without a display, keyboard, or mouse.
In terms of performance, the Mac mini comes behind the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro. Currently, it is one of the four desktop models in the Macintosh lineup, and serves mainly as an alternative to the all-in-one iMac. Released in June 2010, the Mac mini Unibody is the third generation of the Mac mini, which was originally released on Januas a small form-factor desktop computer made by Apple Inc.