The Apple Mac mini "Core i5" 2.6 (Late 2014/Aluminum Unibody) runs on a 22 nm "Haswell" 2.6 GHz Intel "Core i5" (4278U) processor, which has two independent "cores" on a single chip and a 3 MB shared L3 cache. It comes with 8 GB of onboard 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM, which could be expanded to 16 GB at the time of purchase but cannot be upgraded later. The system also includes a 1 TB hard drive and an integrated Intel Iris 5100 graphics processor that shares system memory.
Connectivity consists of two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac Wi-Fi (compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, and an SDXC card slot.
Visually, this model is identical to its predecessor, but it offers a more advanced architecture, superior graphics, Thunderbolt 2 support, and faster Wi-Fi. On the downside, it features a processor with half the number of cores, lacks Firewire support, has RAM that is not user-upgradable, and no longer accommodates two 2.5" drives.
All Mac mini systems are sold by default without a display, keyboard, or mouse, but numerous Apple and third-party options can be purchased separately.