Actually, based on what you said you want to do your current specs
should be fine, I would just go with the $699 model.
Original message:
Again, I am seriously considering purchasing a Mac Mini. The one that I
am considering has a 1 tb hard drive, 8 gig of memory, and an i5
processor for $699. I can afford to either upgrade the processor to an
i7 for $300, or get a total of 16 gig of memory for $200, but not both.
I just do simple things with my computer, email, web surfing, streaming
audio or YouTube, maybe Netflix or hulu in the future, and backup and
otherwise manipulate my iPhone. I probably will not install windows on
it, I will make a clean break and learn to use my new Mac. One more
thing: I keep a computer for a long time. This vista pc is from 2008,
and the only reasons I am replacing it are because it won't run iTunes
later than 12.1.3, and Microsoft is going to stop supporting vista next
spring. So, would it be a better spending of money to get the i7
processor, or 16 gig of memory? My thinking: the i7 processor may make
it capable of running a new Mac OS a time or two longer in the future.
Or, should I save my money and buy it with its i5 and 8 gig of memory?
Thanks in advance for any opinions.
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