Here is the pricing for the 850 EVO in the last year. The process is a bit more difficult than RAM, but not as hard as you think. It's been out for a while and has proven very reliable when installed. We agree with Wirecutter that the Samsung 850 EVO is the best SSD available for the Mac mini. Dollar for dollar, it’s not on par with the spinning disk option, but definitely in the price range for the average consumer. The price on SSD drives have also become quite affordable. The 16GB RAM upgrades are similar, down nearly 50%. Check out the pricing of RAM in just the last 12 months. It takes 30 seconds to upgrade and will really make a difference. If you have a unibody Mac mini with less than 8GB of RAM, this upgrade is a no-brainer.

Over the last year, the price of RAM has gone down quite a bit.

I think that most people don’t know the current opportunity so I thought I’d do some digging and get some of that data out. When it comes to upgrading Mac minis, I think we’re in a pretty nice sweet spot right now. Since we buy so many Mac mini parts, I’ve noticed some real trends over the years. Here are the hardware options for each model year: We offer all sorts of upgrades that will really make an older Mac mini powerful again. Eleven years and still serving for those little guys.Īs these customers host through the years, they’ve leaned on us to get their machines upgraded from time to time. We even have some here from our very first month in business. Since we have been hosting Mac minis for over a decade, we have quite the mix of machines here.

Upgrades for mac mini mid 2010