June 2006

Hexus

It's an easy-to-use, high-quality personal computer that takes up next to no room, works quietly and gives off no significant amount of heat.

February 2005

Anandtech

As it stands right now, Apple needs to make significant improvements to their DVD player, whose image quality simply isn't up to par.

February 2005

LiveDigitally

I give the Mac mini a solid recommendation across the board. It is one of the most thoughtfully designed pieces of technology to come out of Apple (and the entire computer industry) since the original iMac.

January 2005

Anandtech

To the average joe, the Mac mini isn't a computer - it's another iPod or DVD player, just a lot better and a lot more feature-filled. It's a DVD player that can edit and create DVDs, and it's an iPod that can make and play music

January 2005

PC Magazine

Just be sure you already have the essential peripherals (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers), since purchasing them separately quickly makes the system not such a great bargain -especially given the low RAM and hard drive space that come standard.

January 2005

PC World

I heard a little drive noise when the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive was spinning up, but I usually didn't hear the hard drive, and the fans are very quiet. Even better, when I plugged headphones into the combination line-in/line-out jack, I didn't hear the droning system noise my PC pumps out.