Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800 and four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI outputs, SDXC slot, single internal speaker, digital/analog 1/8 inch line in and line out jacks, 802.11a/b/g/n, the antenna is located in the base of the unit, directly underneath the removable access cover. The HDD is a 2.5" Hitachi 5K500 5400RPM.

The performance:

2GB of RAM is simply not sufficient for a computer running a heavyweight OS. Even light multitasking exposes this weakness. The Mac mini would be better of with an SSD, but it isn't offered on the mini.

To give you an idea of the differences between 4GB and 2 GB the reviewer ran Photoshop CS4 Retouch Artists Bench on this machine: 2GB RAM: 60.7 seconds -- 4GB RAM: 42.1 seconds. 4 gigs of memory for a seven hundred dollar system is unacceptable.

Benchmarks:

General OS Performance, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Performance, Aperture 2 RAW Import, Cinebench R10, Quicktime H.264 Video Encoding, 2GB vs. 4GB RAM, Half Life 2 Episode Two, World of Warcraft.

Blu-ray support:

Blu-ray support is missing, which is also a limitation on all ION systemsl. This makes the Mac mini only useful for DVD playback or playing local/network HD content.

Power Consumption:

Connect to your network and the consumption of this mini desktop is only 8W of power. There isn't a modern desktop machine idle at lower power than this machine.

Conclusion:

The design of the new Mac mini is very nice. The competitors Zotac ZBOX or the Dell Zino HD aren't quite as stylish or as well thought out as the mini, but they aren't that far off. The mini just isn't as revolutionary as it once was, which does dampen some of the excitement, but it's still impressive.

Even with an upgrade to 4GB, the Mac mini is still the cheapest Mac with OS X. The reviewer would've liked to have a Core i5 in there instead of the aging Core 2 Duo. Apple puts more dollars towards GPUs than other PC vendors, presumably for future software rollouts that depend heavily on the GPU.