Is this brand new MacMini new?

I went the the Apple Store 2 days ago and purchase a MacMini (i7 2.3) and when I got home and booted it up, I realised that it has 10.8.3 and not 10.9 (Maveriks)
So it's safe to think that this mini has been on the warehouse shelves for about 10 months (10.8.3 release in march 2013)...
So, I do the Software Update, log in with my Apple ID, start the Mavericks download (eventhough it says "downloaded" but it's greyed out).
After a few minutes in the download, I get an error message saying that there was an "Error while downloading" no more details...
I then got back in Software Update / App Store and I now have this notification...
I am not [email protected]..
Anyone knows why I get this message in a "Brand New" computer?
Thanks
Olivier

So it's safe to think that this mini has been on the warehouse shelves for about 10 months (10.8.3 release in march 2013)...
Actually, yes. The latest model was introduced in Oct. 2012 and shipped with OS X 10.8.1.
So, it could very easily be brand new. They're not going to open up new Macs, already in the box, and install whatever is the latest and the greatest.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i7-2.3-late-2 012-specs.html
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