With the announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8 for those keeping score) there is another list coming out of supported machines.  Even though I haven't updated my Mac Mini (mid-2007) to Lion yet, I was wondering if it would run Mountain Lion.  It seems like my mid-2007 Mac Mini will no longer supported by this new OS, but that is quite OK in my book.  Even two operating systems behind this machine kicks some serious ass in terms of productivity, and with a RAM upgrade and upgrade to Lion (which I purchased, but need to re-download and make a bootable flash drive from) I think it will keep going for a few more years at least (heck, people with 10.4 and PowerPC chips are still productive).

The one thing that I like about the new Mac Minis is the lack of internal optical drive.  I would prefer to have an external drive rather than an internal.  My superdrive broke a few years back, but since my Mac Mini is my only home computer (and it's used all the time), I can't afford to take it in for servicing.  Once I get a new Mac Mini for the home office, I look forward to using its external drive on my existing Mac Mini (not that I've used optical media, other than DVDs of course, in a long time).