Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A Desktop Review By Tech-Digit

Aug 25, 2009 by Tech-Digit

A 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor is what powers the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A Desktop. It has a RAM of 1 GB, however, you can upgrade it to 4 GB, if your needs demand that. This processor allows for greater speed of processing; as fast as about five times that of its predecessors.

While the RAM is only the minimum of standard RAM that you have nowadays, you can upgrade it to 4GB so that you can spruce up your computing speed.

Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A Desktop

A hard drive of 120 GB, an integrated graphics card from NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 8x SuperDrive that has double-layer support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Ethernet, all of these come with this Mac. The operating system installed in it is the latest Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system and it come along with iLife 09; this is what they call lifestyle application suite.

The graphics card from NVIDIA GeForce 9400M is really impressive. It caters especially well to increase your gaming experience besides giving you an efficient output with other more graphics-intensive work.
This Mac mini fits into a small yet elegant and chic aluminum enclosure. The design is simple and square and the size 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 is really small. The small size translates into the Mac mini being lightweight too unless you choose to call approximately 2.9 pounds heavy.

It truly lives up to its name, Mac mini, as in it is simple and of course, small. Apart from that, it is also simpler and easier to store as well as display.

It has a neat and organized design with the connectivity interface on its back and a single slot for the DVD drive on its front. You might find that you will have to get your own keyboard, mouse as well as monitor; this is a big downside of this minimalist approach. As a breather, Apple encourages you to use what you have with you, I mean the hardware, if you want to save some extra cost.

You can get an extended range of Ethernet with the Mac mini and the wireless connectivity is sure to impress. It is able to find networks effectively besides connecting to them quite easily.

All the fans of Windows will find this Mac mini to be the amazing reason to convert to all things Apple. Fans of Apple desktop who want an upgrade badly enough, will find this to be a good purchase. All the new users out there will find this one a great computer for entry-level. It works well for computing at home as well as in the form of a digital media hub.

For all those who are environmentally conscious, Apple MB463LL/A is environmentally friendly in terms of the packaging and other materials that it uses. Besides that, it consumes less power.