Because I have few 512Gb SSD sitting around - I was torn to order the higher end model with PCI-e Apple OEM SSD 512G.
I decided to order a base model of 2.6GHz i5, with stock 1T hard drive, 8G ram (639-699 USD). sighĪlong with iOS 8.1.1 - I start to notice the inadequacy of my 2011 Mac Mini - airdrop/hand off will not work natively without some modification.Īfter tossing around getting an 2012 i7 Quad-core Mini ( 800-1000 USD) or - jumping into the fixed memory, 2014 Mini? 2012 i7 Quad core, 2011 i7 with 6630M AMD video etc.Ĭut into the story - I also put SSDs in all of them ( 1T SSD in 2012, 256Gb x 2 dual drives in 2011 and 256Gb in 2010) plus used Terminal to enable 'TRIM' - until 10.10. They were all the top Spec models - at the time. Now, we have 2010 (TV at bedroom), 2011 (mine) and 2012 Mac Minis. Since then, I have turned to Mac Mini - for the small fraction of cost, I can 'update' my Mini more frequently.Ģ009 Mac Mini x 2 (mine and my spouse's) are currently at grand children's possession, still going strong.
A long time Mac Mini fan here - after spent almost 3K for Mac Pro (outdated in few years) that I have to 'accept' Apple's product refreshing strategies - that upgrade my hardware periodically is the trend.
