#MAC MINI ADD MEMORY MAC#

In the process, Apple sacrifices a lot of performance.Дў1st-century computing saddled with 20th-century storage

#MAC MINI ADD MEMORY MAC#

ItвЂ™s little wonder that Apple continues to use them for low-cost, low-margin systems like the Mac mini. The price of SSDs has dropped precipitously in the past few years, but hard drives remain the champion of low cost per gigabyte вЂ“ a 500 GB HDD replacement for a Mac mini costs you less than $50 at retail, while a 500 GB SSD might cost three times that amount. ThatвЂ™s because Apple continues to offer that model with a spinning hard disk drive, and that murdersВ performance. I never expected it to win any races, but what kills the Mac mini compared to the MacBook Air isnвЂ™t the CPU or the RAM. It comes with a 1.4 GHz CPU and 4 GB of RAM. Regardless, I strongly recommend considering it вЂ“ not just for a 2014 Mac mini, but for anyВ older Mac youвЂ™d like to pep up.ДЄt $499, the base-model Mac mini is AppleвЂ™s least-expensive Mac, half the price of the MacBook Air but not nearly as peppy. If youвЂ™re using one of these models and youвЂ™re looking for a good way to bump up the performance, an SSD is, quite frankly, one of the only things you can do (unlike older Mac minis, Apple soldered the RAM in place). I finally got around to upgrading my 2014 Mac mini with a solid state drive (SSD).

Mac mini add memory