I used one of these for my first couple of years in PT, and the only thing I found was the ram needed to be updated. I think I bought a 16 gb kit from crucial for 90 bucks or so, and I sold the 8gb from the system on ebay for nearly the same price so the two sides offset. HTH
On 2/20/15, TheOreoMonster <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wouldn't worry about the Internal HD. If yo are going to upgrade it but an > SSD in there and then use the 500GB drive for a second drive and then a > external drive won't always be needed. > >> On Feb 20, 2015, at 4:56 AM, Poppa Bear <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am thinking about picking up a 2011 Mack mini with a 500 GB drive, I5, >> and 8 Gb ram to use as a backup recording daw. Is anyone using this kind >> of set up right now? I had a friend who used it with PT 8 successfully but >> he wasn't into using busses, sends and a lot of plug ins. I would upgrade >> to a one TB 7200 drive and probably the same for an external. . >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Warm Regards: Matt Diemert 330-980-0046 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
