Upgrade existing Mini HDD to SSD or buy new MIni with SSD?

[ivan77]

Hi,

I am looking at getting an SSD either Crucial 128GB or 256GB but is worth it to get the 256GB as it costs nearly £300?

Or I was wondering if its worth buying new Mini with SSD?

I currently have late 2009 2.26Ghz with 4GB RAM. Thing is I don't use any CPU intensive tasks, dont play games either so would new Mini be waste?

[philiparcario]

A )

do you use the dvd slot?


B)

Have you ever run Lion vs snow?

c)

what do you use mini for?
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[macmanmacman]

honesty is the best policy...

If it works why fix it..

Also i hate to burst your bubble if you don't game why do you need a new mini if you don't need the extra processing power then why upgrade.

Also do you have a thunderbolt display??? or the thunderbolt display adapter another item you are going to be needing.

[ivan77]

a) hardly use dvd slot.

b) haven't tried Lion currently using Snow Leopard.

c) main use for mini is browsing, itunes, erm thats about it!

[ivan77]

yep true with the saying!

I have dual monitors 1 using mini dvi to dvi and the other mini displayport to dvi.

[philiparcario]

if you buy a 2011 mac mini you can't run snow leopard better then half speed. so buying a new mac mini means learning lion. I would advise you to at least play with some lion osx to see if you like it.
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2010 Mm 2.4 C2D oem 320gb hdd 8gb ram
2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station

[billb]

Hi Philip! I hated Lion (before it came out).
Now that I'm running it on a MacBook Air
I for the most part am very pleased with
the Air as well as Lion. I miss a few things
from Snow Leopard but overall, if you don't
need Rosetta then its an improvement.

My vote goes to Lion.
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[tukom]

I'd recommend to upgrade an SSD to your Mac Mini. I just recently upgraded my 2009 Mac Mini with 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD and the improvement in performance and particularly application loading times is very significant.

I have also posted a guide on the steps I did to upgrade the SSD to my Mac Mini here: http://mymediaexperience.com/how-to-speed-up-mac-mini-with-ssd-hard-drive/
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[svedel77]

After what I've heard, the SSD's that Apple put in their computers, are not superfast. So if you have the skills to swap the drive yourself, that's the road I would go.