Buy used 2010 Mac Mini or new 2011 w/Lion?

[joelha]

My understanding is that Lion can't be rolled back to Snow Leopard and that Lion doesn't have integer support at this time.

 

Having said that, I'm taking my chances (to what degree I don't know) buying a used 2010 Mini.

 

Opinions?

 

Thanks,

 

Joel

 

[jkontuly]

I had a similar question and have posted the following on Audiogon but have yet to have any responses.

 

I know there have been threads that sort of touch on this but not exactly as far as I can tell. I found a response from Darrell from Mach2Music on a previous thread that stated

 

"1) 2011 Mac Mini > 2010 Mac Mini

2) Stock Snow Leopard > Stock Lion"

 

So it sounds like the best option would be a 2011 mini with snow leopard. However, as far as I know you can only put snow leopard on a 2011 Mini if you already have a mac. I don't have access to another mac so I am wondering given the choice between a refurbished 2011 mac mini with lion or a refurbished 2010 mac mini with snow leopard which would people suggest I purchase.