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Originally released on January 22, 2005, the Mac mini is a small form-factor desktop computer made by Apple Inc. Currently, it is one of the four desktop models in the Macintosh lineup, and serves mainly as an alternative to the all-in-one iMac.

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thickness of dvd player and connector type?

would a 12.7 mm internal dvd drive fit?

Also, is it a SATA type connector?

I have an internal sony bluray player (with dvd writer) that's 12.7 mm thick, so i'm wondering if I could slap that baby in the new mac mini.

thanks in advance for any help.

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The Mac Mini Unibody is 9.5mm SATA and the old style one is 12.5mm IDE type drive.

They're easy to replace, but I need to know which one you have. 2011 and up doesn't have a DVD drive.

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There's discussion about that going on here, and it's 12.5mm thick.

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So, it's 9.5 or 12.5? The regular size on optical drives is 12.7 if I'm not mistaken. This is really confusing.

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12.5, blu-rayis 12.7, please go to the link I posted which has extra discussion and explanatory information.

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