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May 8, 2013 at 8:05 am | Kelly

I guess to start off, a while back I was looking to get back into the Apple universe.  I had switched back to PC for a time, and though I do like Windows 8, I just missed OSX.  So I thought to make the switch back, however it just wasn’t in the budget for a nicely upgraded iMac.  Since the Mac mini got a refresh at the end of last year I thought I would check them out, being that they are a little less in the price category.  After having an iMac once before I was sceptical of a Mac mini being able to perform as well, and after my initial purchase of the Mac mini I thought my concerns were well founded.

 

The Mac mini was very sluggish and occasionally a pain to even try to use, of course I was using the default RAM so I thought I would try and upgrade the RAM and see if that would make a difference.  Oh I guess I should say that I did opt for the higher end Mac mini which has an Intel Core i7 processor so the sluggishness was blowing my mind.  I didn’t realize that with that processor and 4 GB (default for Mac mini’s) of RAM would not be sufficient.   However, I procured 16 GB of RAM from Crucial, and the difference was night and day.  The Mac mini now runs like a dream and I have no issues with it at all, other than that I wish it had a better graphics card, but even with what I do that hasn’t been a hinderance so far.   Of course, what I use my Mac mini for is for everything that you can do on a computer except of course Windows gaming.  Plus I do my video editing on it, and have had no problems there.


So I guess bottom line is, if you are looking for  a moderately priced Mac, which I would consider and entry level computer, then I believe the Mac mini is a definite winner.  Just remember to upgrade the RAM, but I would do as I did and get the RAM from Crucial, and not Apple because Apple does charge a little more for the RAM.  The RAM is very easy to upgrade which I demonstrate in this video.  So in conclusion I would give the Mac mini a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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April 24, 2013 at 5:22 pm | Kelly

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