I want Mac Mini Workstation

*Mac Mini Workstation*
- Intel Core i5
- 4GB DDR3
- ATi Radeon HD 4670
- 320 GB + 320 GB 7200 RPM HDD With RAID-0
- No Optical drive (Like Mac Mini Server)
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard + iLife 09
Or How I order Mac Mini Server with Mac OS X Snow Leopard + iLife 09, RAID 0 installed?
Please help me and Thank you.

You cannot order the Mac mini without the optical drive unless you order the Server version.
And you can't order the Server version with iLife included, and Apple will not pre-set it with a RAID configuration. If you want things that way, you'll have to order iLife separately and install it yourself, and will have to set up the RAID configuration yourself as well.
Finally, Apple does not offer any Mac mini configuration with the Core i5 processor; not yet, anyway. The only option is the Core 2 Duo. And the only option for graphics processor is the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. When, or indeed if, Apple will ever offer a Mac mini model with either of the options you're looking for no one here knows or can say.
Regards.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

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