Mac Pro (Early 2009) vs Mac mini (Early 2006)
            Mac Pro
            (Early 2009)
                $2,499
            
        
    
            Mac mini
            (Early 2006)
                $599
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $2,499 | Base Price (MSRP) $599 | 
| CPU Xeon W3520  | CPU Core Solo T1200  | 
| GPU GeForce GT 120 Mac  | GPU GMA 950  | 
| Memory 3GB  | Memory 512MB  | 
| Storage 640GB  | Storage 60GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% 90 GFLOPS FP32 0% | N/A 0% N/A 0% | 
| 3GB DDR3-1066 | 512MB DDR2-667 | 
| 4 Tabs 1% | Unknown # Tabs 0% | 
| 640GB 3.5" SATA 2 - | 60GB 2.5" SATA 1 - | 
| 1,210 min 4K Video 30% | 50 min 4K Video 1% | 
| 18x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading | 8x Combo Drive Slot Loading | 
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| Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad | Not Included | 
| Mighty Mouse | Not Included | 
| Not Included | Apple Remote | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
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| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps | Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g) 1 Stream Up to 54Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 2.1 | Bluetooth 2.0 | 
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| X58 | 945GMS ICH7M | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - 5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 1x FireWire 400 - - - - - - - - - | 
| Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Video - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio | Audio 2x Audio Jack - | 
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| GPU Ports 1x DVI-I Dual-Link 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.0 | - | 
| 980W | 110W | 
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| No Battery - - - - | No Battery - - - - | 
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| Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Windows | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Windows | 
| OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest) Windows 10 (Latest) | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Latest) Windows 7 (Latest) | 
| Build Material Aluminum - - | Build Material Aluminum - - | 
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| Height 511 mm (20.1 in) Width 206 mm (8.1 in) Depth 475 mm (18.7 in) Volume 49.89 L | Height 51 mm (2 in) Width 165 mm (6.5 in) Depth 165 mm (6.5 in) Volume 1.38 L | 
| Weight 18.098 kg (39.9 lb) - - - - | Weight 1.315 kg (2.9 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
| GPU Upgradable | GPU Not Upgradable | 
| Memory Upgradable | Memory Upgradable | 
| Storage Upgradable | Storage Upgradable | 
| Wi-Fi Upgradable | Wi-Fi Upgradable | 
| Motherboard Not Upgradable | Motherboard Not Upgradable | 
| Power Supply Not Upgradable | Power Supply Not Upgradable | 
| Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x 5.25" Bay 4x 3.5" Bay - - | Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 2.5" Bay - | 
| Memory Slots 8x DIMM - | Memory Slots - 2x SO-DIMM | 
| Expansion Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x PCIe 2.0 x4 - 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| A1289 EMC 314 MacPro4,1 | A1176 EMC 2108 Macmini1,1 | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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