why is the new mini so slow D:

[QuantumLo0p]

2010 base Mini was slower than my G5 in some ways.

When I first bought the 2010 Mini I was somewhat disappointed. Overall I liked it but many tasks were downright slow compared to my ancient dual 2.7 G5 LC PowerMac. The base Mini's hdd and paltry amount of ram relegated it sub-standard IMO. Many MR posters were touting cpu and graphics benchmarks that "proved" it was way faster than my old PowerMac but, alas, reality would not stand for such foolishness! The fact was the hdd was a steaming pile-O-crap (notebook) and there was not enough ram.

I upgraded my Mini with 8GB of ram and a Momentus XT and voila! My Mini was transformed into the machine that it should have been. Only then, could it actually out run the ol' PowerMac and out run it did; handily smoking it in the process.

 

[Rsport20]

Bought the new Mac Mini i5 with de default 2GB of RAM.
From the start (fresh OSX Lion) it's very laggy en slow. Just by opening Safari and iPhone. (Nothing specials or programs.) I have used other macs and that worked fine and fast. I bought today the 2x4GB (total of 8GB) and i will see if that works.

 

[Rsport20]

I installed the 8GB of memory and don't notice any difference.
Boot time is 1:13 en was before the memory also 1:13.

Now i saw the option to select the boot drive option and selected my only HD.
Now it boot in 36sec ! Amazing.

 

[rayyu882]

For me the performance different between 2GB and 8GB of RAM isn't too much on the speed, it's less lockup, so you should see less spinning beach ball.

Upgrade HD to 7,200rpm or SSD will give you noticeable speed enhancement.

 

[technologylive]

I installed the 8GB of memory and don't notice any difference.
Boot time is 1:13 en was before the memory also 1:13.

Now i saw the option to select the boot drive option and selected my only HD.
Now it boot in 36sec ! Amazing.

Is the whole system less laggy now, with 8GB?
And how does it affect the global performance, opening applications and files?
BTW, you still have the default 5400RPM drive?

 

[Rsport20]

Yeah , still the 5400rpm HD.
I dont notice any difference with the 8GB yet.

Strange is all other macs i see, it feels smoother.
Friend have the new macbook , same HD, same i5, 4GB, only SL. also lot smoother. So it isnt the 5400rpm HD. Only thing i can think is the oSX Lion.

He opens the App Store in 3 / 4 seconds... mine about 12 seconds to totally load.

 

[Vermifuge]

Yeah , still the 5400rpm HD.
I dont notice any difference with the 8GB yet.

Strange is all other macs i see, it feels smoother.
Friend have the new macbook , same HD, same i5, 4GB, only SL. also lot smoother. So it isnt the 5400rpm HD. Only thing i can think is the oSX Lion.

He opens the App Store in 3 / 4 seconds... mine about 12 seconds to totally load.

Make sure your startup disk is selected. That might help a bit

 

[technologylive]

Yeah , still the 5400rpm HD.
I dont notice any difference with the 8GB yet.

Strange is all other macs i see, it feels smoother.
Friend have the new macbook , same HD, same i5, 4GB, only SL. also lot smoother. So it isnt the 5400rpm HD. Only thing i can think is the oSX Lion.

He opens the App Store in 3 / 4 seconds... mine about 12 seconds to totally load.

You could try to reset PRAM and SMC, maybe that helps. It should be much faster with 8GB!

 

[krburrell]

12 seconds seems pretty slow.

 

[Rsport20]

Make sure your startup disk is selected. That might help a bit

This helped from startup 1:15 to 0:37 seconds. So this is a great option.
Very strange this isnt used from out of the box.

I see allot people complain about the speed of LION.
I havnt compair it only with other imacs with Snow Lepard so, time will tell