My mother has an old Mac Mini. It's a nice computer that's just right for her. But the computer is getting sooo slow, and I'm not sure what to do now. She would like to just get another Mini, but I don't want to get her a three year old computer at this point. I don't know which model of Intel processor is in the latest Mac Mini, but it's several iterations old at this point.

So what should I do? Macrumors has a definite "don't buy" on the Mini because it's been an insanely long time since the last release, but there's no word on whether they'll even have a new model coming down the road.

My mom has a perfectly good 24" monitor, so either she goes a step down with a 21.5" screen or she spends a huge amount for a 27" retina model. Even at the price of a refurb 27" model, she'd be better off buying the least expensive Mac Mini now and upgrading to whatever model they release later (if ever).

So what to do? I really can't bring myself to recommend three year old technology...