That's the early 2009 Mac mini (the late 2009 models do not have the 2.0 GHz cpu) so that only proves something we have known for the past 6 months. The question is if the all 2009 minis (early 2009 AND
late 2009 models) have the same setup with the soldered cpu. The only real prove would be someone showing pics from the 2,53 GHz or 2,66 GHz mini model. The problem is that no one has done a tear down which showed the cpu. The only tear downs that actually show the cpu are the early 2009 model and the earlier versions of the mini. Until someone shows a pic with a cpu from the new late 2009 models people can not tell for sure that all Mac mini models as off early 2009 have a soldered on cpu. However it's not unlikely as the late 2009 mini upgrade is just a speed bump plus a new model (the server version). So that leaves us with a lot of assumptions that may or may not be true.
In other words you just wasted 2 minutes searching Google and could have prevented that if you interpreted the search results you got. I also did a search and the closest I came was the following tear down:
http://www.macminicolo.net/state2009.html As you can clearly see they don't show the cpu so the thread starters question is still unanswered and confirmation is not available at this moment (assumptions, estimates, predictions, etc. on the other hand...).
Please people interpret the search results properly as clearly no one in this thread did. People are forgetting there is an early 2009 and a late 2009 model so searching for something like "2009 mac mini" is the most stupidest thing you can do as it will return results for the early 2009 mini as well. Searching for "late 2009 Mac mini" will give you results containing about 90% of news and blogposts about Apple releasing the new model and the macminicolo.net article above. So stop flaming the thread starter because you can't search properly. Flaming is lame anyway.
Something useful:
http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25061
