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Wicked1

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I know the previous gen still used Sata II or 3.0GB but not sure if the new Mini uses the 6GB like the new MBP's do.
 
I know the previous gen still used Sata II or 3.0GB but not sure if the new Mini uses the 6GB like the new MBP's do.
Both ports on new Mini are SATA III. However with a mechanical hard drive you won't even push the limits of SATA I. If you want to install a SATA III SSD then having SATA III is great.
 
OWC did a test with two of its SSDs in RAID 0 so it is possible and yes it is very fast.
 
there are SSD's that do 550GB/s which is about the limit of SATA III so RAID 0 shouldn't be necessary.
 
Apple SSDs are SATA II. They're still a big improvement over using a mechanical hard drive.
 
I using single 550GB/s one, they are quite fast to boot up your OS X Lion and install application on your OS also.
Very fast to start up your application also..
 
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