I did order it, and it allegedly will be here in the next couple weeks, if not
before. The things in the following message are way beyond me at the moment.
I will probably upgrade the memory first, then put in a 1 tb hard drive when
the 500 gig one gets full, or quits. Keep in mind that this vista computer,
from 2008, still has about 180 gig free on its 500 gig hard drive.
Arnold Schmidt
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From: Scott Granados
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini
Arnold, this sounds like a screening deal. I’d go for it, excellent choice.
You should swap out that drive though, you’ll have a Mac that performs much
more like a later model and you’ll be happier. If money is really tight you
could do something like a 128 GB SSD for $100 or so maybe even less by now and
then just put your near line data on an older style rotating model with your
high demand stuff and program files on the SSD. In fact, not to throw to much
at you but you could just by a case for $25 or so, pull that 500GB drive, slap
it in the case, insert a smaller sized or larger depending on funds SSD in the
Mini and connect the 500 as a removable. Or I believe there’s a second bay if
you want to have both internal.
Sounds like a good deal though. Put 32GB of memory in there and you’ve got a
powerhouse that will last you a good long time as well as make it fun to learn
on for small dollars.
On Jul 7, 2016, at 12:51 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote:
It is from 2011. It has an i5, I think 2.5 gig, processor, but only 4 gig
of ram. It has a 500 gig hard drive, which is plenty for me. They want about
$430 for this computer. Thanks for any opinions.
Arnold Schmidt
Arnold Schmidt
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