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Really on the fence, thinking of cancelling my new Mac Mini order

bounou

bounou

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currently using a 2012 base mini with the ram upgraded to 8GB. It feels slow which in sure in large is related to the 5400 RPM drive.

Yesterday I ordered the mid tier model with an upgrade to a fusion drive.

I'm on the fence between keeping my old Mini and swapping the HD for a 256 GB or maybe a hybrid drive or letting the order go through and getting the new mini.

The new one was close to 1150$ CAD which is pretty damn pricy when you think about it.

I'll sell the old one for about 400$ probably and the one has AppleCare so in fairness the price difference to upgrade is closer to 600$

It's not crazy money for me but it's not pocket change either.

This would be a lot easier if Apple had released a new version of the Mac Pro or the iMac with retina display was more powerful, I was expecting to upgrade to one of the two but now I'm stuck with a Mini as my only computer for a while.

Whatever I decide I will end up keeping the computer I decide on as its current job is the media server in the house.

I'm leaning towards getting the new one and maybe getting a LG 34UM95-P to go with it.

I really don't want buyers remorse on this thing :(
 
Keep the 2012 and stick a SSD in it.

What tasks are causing it to bog down? I bet the hold up is with the HD.
 
bounou said:
currently using a 2012 base mini with the ram upgraded to 8GB. It feels slow which in sure in large is related to the 5400 RPM drive.

Yesterday I ordered the mid tier model with an upgrade to a fusion drive.

I'm on the fence between keeping my old Mini and swapping the HD for a 256 GB or maybe a hybrid drive or letting the order go through and getting the new mini.

The new one was close to 1150$ CAD which is pretty damn pricy when you think about it.

I'll sell the old one for about 400$ probably and the one has AppleCare so in fairness the price difference to upgrade is closer to 600$

It's not crazy money for me but it's not pocket change either.

This would be a lot easier if Apple had released a new version of the Mac Pro or the iMac with retina display was more powerful, I was expecting to upgrade to one of the two but now I'm stuck with a Mini as my only computer for a while.

Whatever I decide I will end up keeping the computer I decide on as its current job is the media server in the house.

I'm leaning towards getting the new one and maybe getting a LG 34UM95-P to go with it.

I really don't want buyers remorse on this thing :(
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You can add a 256 GB SSD to your current Mini for $200. Seems like a no brainer to me, but it's your money.
 
I'd forget about the new mini.

Forget about fusion drives. Put in a fast SSD as a primary, maybe double the RAM (if you max it out frequently), keep the old hard drive as a secondary drive. Both fit in the mini with a drive doubler. Clone the hard drive to the solid state drive. Partition the old drive in two sections to have a mirror copy of the SSD and mass storage. Best thing I did was maxxing out my '12 core i7 mini. See macsales / other world computing for easy compatible upgrades and videos.
 
I got my 2012 mini this past June, with 256G SSD and put in 16G RAM. Its a great machine for xCode development, and having now experienced SSD versus HD, I have no plans to ever buy another computer without SSD.

The difference is astounding so I agree with the others that said keep it and get an SSD.
 
have to agree ssd is the way to go. if you are bad at upgrades an external ssd as a boot drive is pretty snappy especially if you connect via thunderbolt.
 
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My vote is to keep your old mini and try and build one. I kept my old one around in case it didn't work or there were issues after the last disappointing mini release. But as it happened, after building it I had maybe 2 quick issues with sound and not a hiccup since the last mini release. So my old mini is just collecting dust and I haven't looked back.
 
con19m31 said:
I got my 2012 mini this past June, with 256G SSD and put in 16G RAM. Its a great machine for xCode development, and having now experienced SSD versus HD, I have no plans to ever buy another computer without SSD.

The difference is astounding so I agree with the others that said keep it and get an SSD.
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All who listen to me end up agreeing about SSD's!

I am actually considering a NEW mini IF the SSD proves to be substantially faster and fully takes advantage of the PCIe m.2 connection.
 
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