Apple is really strict as to what OS can be loaded on their hardware. In this case I have a Mac Mini 2014, which is an i5-4278u. The newest OFFICIALLY supported OS it will run is Monterey. However with the help of "OpenCore Legacy Patcher" I was able to put Sequoia on it.
The machine is slow, but that is to be expected on 11 year old hardware, including a spinning hard disk. I should put in an SSD but I didn't want to take an hour to do that swap. No thanks to Apple Engineers making things overly complicated.
Sequoia installed on the infamous Trashcan, which isn't so bad considering it has an actual GPU, a Xeon processor, and a NVMe hard drive.
Somewhat ironically many Mac Mini 2012's actually outperform a 2014, due to the type of processor used. Here is a few of the different models I found floating around:
Swapping out the 5400rpm hard drive isn't the most straight forward but very doable on the 2012, and more of a PITA on the 2014.
And for a bit of blasphemy: Windows 11 installed on a 2012 Mac Mini
Even more blasphemy......running Windows 11 on the infamous Trashcan.
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