If perchance you wondered about Mavericks 10.9 system, as some thought it more desireable
than Yosemite (peripherals, drivers, and some third-party software liked it) you could still get a
copy of it since it was shipped with the computer, and then you could make a standalone offline
installer on USB flash drive; there are instructions online or by using DiskMakerX.com script.
Your model may have been older recent stock, as was mine, (my Mini shipped with Mavericks)
but is otherwise current. Some versions of iPhoto and iLife were preferred by some users, so
that is why a second system (perhaps on external HDD or SSD) could be of interest to some.
Before I took delivery of my Mini from Apple (shipped to AK from AppleStore US online) I was
able to see the serial number in the shipping invoice sent by email from Apple, so I used an
online indentify-by-serial-number service to see the month, year, and other details of assembly.
https://www.powerbookmedic.com/identify-mac-serial.php
And saw that mine was made almost a year before I bought it, still new stock, direct from Apple.
But mine is of a discontinued model version, that I wanted, due build & upgradability of design.
The newest Mini has RAM affixed to the logic board, the only way to upgrade is in advance
by purchasing higher-cost model. Like MacBook. So I can simply upgrade RAM to max later.
Hopefully your new purchase will suffice and be helpful in however many ways as it is useful.
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂
