Mac Mini (first models)

We just received as a gift a Mac Mini that was bought in March 2005 but had never been used. It is a model #M9687LL/A (came with Panther on it). Apple.com does not have specifications for this model on their site (model #M9687LL/B is available there) that I can find. I would like to know the specifications of this model and any other info I can get on it. Can anyone help?

Welcome to Discussions, cpwhite.
Everything I know about anything Mac I've learned in these forums, just since September when I bought my Mini. You will be amazed and grateful at all that you can learn here, from observation as well as participation.
This, my friend, is my first official answer in these posts; I'm always the one asking the questions.
Then again, it's not so much an answer as a bit of a guide. I Googled "model #M9687LL/A mac mini specifications" and got tons of results. This one seems to give any specs you may need:
http://www.welovemacs.com/apmacmi1msp1.html
As for
any other info I can get on it.
that's available at approximately sixteen bazillion sites and thousands of places in these mac mini usage pages alone. Dream up a question, type in a word or two in the search space, and start an obsession you may never get over. I'm hooked.
And congratulations on receiving a great gift. Somebody must love you a lot to give you a Mini.
Love and peace and come back anytime,
bonnieb
P.S. One thing I noticed in my time here: you get a lot more responses from a lot more super-brilliant technical wizards when you post questions on weekdays. When you see how much they help all of us neophytes all week long, you'll understand why they need their weekends. I do my best to forgive them for having a life, and try to schedule all major meltdowns, freakouts and disasters monday through friday
This is not to say don't post on weekends! There are still other souls out here happy to at least help you love your mini.

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