see Update below) As was before, replacing the hard drive is not covered under warranty. (Confirmed: if a hard drive is ordered in the Mac mini, you can get to it and replace an SSD but it won't be easy.
#Upgrade 2014 mac mini ram upgrade#
Hard drive can be replaced/upgraded, though not keeping warranty.Ĥ) Since the Mac mini still offers HDD drives, I’m hopeful that we’ll still be able to upgrade the storage. Also, nice to see the two higher versions come with 8GB of RAM by default now.Ĭonfirmed: RAM in the new Mac mini is not user accessible. At least Apple has decreased the price of the RAM upgrades when you build and order a machine on the Apple Store. See update below.) This option will be sorely missed by a lot of people. We should have that confirmed soon. (Confirmed. I’ll be interested to see if they’re still needed for the 2014 Mac mini.)ģ) It's really looking like the RAM can no longer be upgraded by the user. (Speaking of screen sharing, these HDMI adapters have been very useful. In a data center, that will be useful for those who process a lot of images and will likely help when screen sharing. And with the addition of USB 3 in the 2012 mini, that covers a lot of what people need for speed.Ģ) For home users, the increased Graphics will be a very welcomed upgrade. The Thunderbolt drives are getting less expensive and have more options available. A few years ago, this would have been a big loss, but I don’t think it’s as big of a deal now. Be sure to follow us on twitter so you know when that's posted.ġ) The machine received a second thunderbolt 2 port and lost its Firewire 800 port.
We’ll add a tear down of the Mac mini (iFixit has posted a great teardown) on this post as well as update with benchmarks compared to all the past Mac minis. So below are ten things we noticed about the new Mac mini. They are great servers, come and try one.) When a new machine gets released, we often get asked for feedback and any opinions on the new hardware. (Yes, we’re nearing the tenth anniversary for the more-popular-than-you-think Mac. We’ve been working extensively with Mac minis for nearly 10 years.
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