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AppleInsider, Mac Rumors, OneMoreThing.nl and MacFreak.nl have also received a photo purporting to be of the new Mac mini packaging.

The image on the front of the packaging corroborates a photo that leaked late last month.

As with previous leaked images the Mac mini on the box depicts a unit with thernet, FireWire 800, Mini DVI, Mini DisplayPort, and 5 USB ports.

HardMac has also posted products numbers for the updated Mac mini and iMac which are now expected to be released tomorrow.

The new iMac models and their corresponding references:
- MB417: Entry level model
- MB418: “Mass market” model
- MB419: high-end model
- MB420: ultimate model
The entry level model should come with a 20″ display, while the three other models will feature a 24″ panel.

For the Mac mini, the references are the following:
- MB463: entry-level model
- MB464 high-end model

OneMoreThing.nl has posted some details specifications for the Mac mini and iMac and “confirms” that they will be released tomorrow.

Mac mini
- 5x USB
- 1x FireWire 800
- 1x mini-DVI
- 1x display port
- Nvidia chipset (like the new MacBooks)
- From 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 1 or 2 GB DDR3 RAM (4 GB max)
- 120 GB hard disk (max 320GB)

iMac
- 1x 20 “model, 3x 24″ models
- Intel Core 2 Duo (so no quad core) 2.66 Ghz, 2.93 Ghz and 3.06 Ghz
- 1x display port
- 20 “2 GB DDR3 RAM memory, 24″ 4 GB DDR3 RAM (max 8GB)