Wife’s Mac mini is 2009 also which leaves us both needing new ones. She mentioned I could replace my 2006 MBP first, so I sorta have a green light, just waiting on changes economically which I believe are on the horizon. It’s been a long 8 years
I have the 2012 Mini. Our machines were made back when the user could upgrade components. For example I upgraded my 2 GB RAM to 16 GB and that made a difference. But the biggest bang for the buck was adding the Solid State hard drive.