So I understand the new model is a step back from the 2012. But I'm running a late 2009 Mini for my media pc. It's still holding up but could be a bit snappier for some things. The specs are: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM and I've upgraded the hard drive to a 7200rpm 640gb drive which helped quite a bit.