End of 2012 mac mini and El Capitan

No problem upgrading to El Capitan in Yosemite?

Nope. I upgraded my Mac Mini to El Capitan late 2012, when it first came out.

It has a 240GB SSD in the lower Bay and a Hitachi 500 GB 7200 RPM in the upper Bay.

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