Since we're going for hard drive space, just go for the 5400 one. Typically largest 7200 RPM drives are smaller than their 5400 RPM compatriots. It has to be a Sata hard drive and it also has to be 2.5' form factor. Kickass Hard Drive, read largest possible mtf'n harddrive available at the time. Also the newest model has a mini-dvi so only buy one if you know you're getting a mini-dvi to dvi connector (this will come in handy when connecting to a tv). In my mind, its only worth premium money if it comes with a year warranty, has an intel core two duo chip and technology from the last two years. People somehow believe that their 4 year-old mac mini with a power pc chip is still worth $300, or that last years model is worth $500 because it was upgraded at the time of purchase. For my money, I found the best deal on apple's refurbished store. Materials needed: Mac mini - buy from refurbished or clearance at the apple store.

So before we start.well I mean now that we've started.except we haven't. For me its boring because I'm just telling you how to do something I find trivial, and yet I need to provide clear instructions and interesting pictures. Well its probably exciting for you because its a new computer and you probably can't wait for all the cool things to do. Just getting things up and running so we can continue to play around with this thing later.

Mac mini web server setup