Re: Upgrading my Mini

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> On Sep 8, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Larry Thacker Jr.  
> wrote:
> 
> I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 1TB 
> Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I could 
> go into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help a lot, 
> but I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so here’s 
> the question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably buy a 
> serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to clutter 
> my workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and cart it to 
> an Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I looking at 
> spending for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d happily 
> pull it apart and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or patience and 
> can’t risk a fatal error.
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Re: Upgrading my Mini

[Nickus de Vos]

All depends whether you go hdd or ssd and even on the ssd side, speeds differ a 
lot depending on what you are willing to spend. Best will be to carefully look 
at the specs of which ever drives you are looking at.

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> On 11 Sep 2017, at 00:30, Larry Thacker Jr.  
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> speed

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Re: Upgrading my Mini

[Larry Thacker Jr.]

Thanks all.  Based on the prices at 3rd party sites like this one, you’re 
right.  I don’t want to do that.  Time to decide how badly I really need this 
or what might do instead.  What is the speed hit attaching an external drive 
through the Thunderbolt port?

> On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:54 AM, Scott Granados  wrote:
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> Larry, don’t upgrade through apple, go to local shop or do it yourself.  
> Check out www.crucial.com , put in the model Mac you 
> have and it will tell you what parts to buy.  Prices are a fraction of what 
> Apple charges so you could buy more drive for less money.  
> 
> 
>> On Sep 8, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Larry Thacker Jr. > > wrote:
>> 
>> I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 
>> 1TB Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I 
>> could go into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help 
>> a lot, but I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so 
>> here’s the question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably 
>> buy a serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to 
>> clutter my workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and 
>> cart it to an Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I 
>> looking at spending for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d 
>> happily pull it apart and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or 
>> patience and can’t risk a fatal error.
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Re: Upgrading my Mini

[Scott Granados]

Larry, don’t upgrade through apple, go to local shop or do it yourself.  Check 
out www.crucial.com , put in the model Mac you have 
and it will tell you what parts to buy.  Prices are a fraction of what Apple 
charges so you could buy more drive for less money.  


> On Sep 8, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Larry Thacker Jr.  
> wrote:
> 
> I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 1TB 
> Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I could 
> go into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help a lot, 
> but I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so here’s 
> the question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably buy a 
> serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to clutter 
> my workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and cart it to 
> an Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I looking at 
> spending for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d happily 
> pull it apart and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or patience and 
> can’t risk a fatal error.
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Re: Upgrading my Mini

[Nickus de Vos]

Larry, Apple will most certainly charge you a arm and a leg for a 2 TB SSD, 
easily over $500 if not closer to $1000. Here is a thought, why not simply get 
a 2 TB external thunderbolt drive then leave it permanently connected? This 
will be a much cheaper solution, and some external SSD drives out there is not 
much larger than a credit card. Alternatively buy your own drive and get a 
friend or someone to install it for you, on the mini it is so easy that you can 
even ask a non-Apple Computer store to do it for you, this will be a much 
cheeper route than letting Apple do it for you.

Nickus
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> On 09 Sep 2017, at 19:54, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I believe that they would.  The Mini is not as big of a problem to upgrade 
> drives as the iMacs and MacBook Air kinds of units.  As to price, sorry, I 
> can't help there.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Sep 8, 2017, at 14:58, Larry Thacker Jr.  
> wrote:
> 
> I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 1TB 
> Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I could 
> go into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help a lot, 
> but I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so here’s 
> the question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably buy a 
> serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to clutter 
> my workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and cart it to 
> an Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I looking at 
> spending for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d happily 
> pull it apart and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or patience and 
> can’t risk a fatal error.
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Re: Upgrading my Mini

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

I believe that they would.  The Mini is not as big of a problem to upgrade 
drives as the iMacs and MacBook Air kinds of units.  As to price, sorry, I 
can't help there.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 8, 2017, at 14:58, Larry Thacker Jr.  wrote:

I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 1TB 
Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I could go 
into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help a lot, but 
I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so here’s the 
question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably buy a 
serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to clutter my 
workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and cart it to an 
Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I looking at spending 
for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d happily pull it apart 
and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or patience and can’t risk a 
fatal error.

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Upgrading my Mini

[Larry Thacker Jr.]

I have a late ’14 Mac Mini.  It is serving me well, but I notice that the 1TB 
Fusion drive I bought it with is filling up faster than I expected.  I could go 
into iTunes and get rid of some videos and that would probably help a lot, but 
I may have need to install Windows and thus more disk space, so here’s the 
question.  I know it won’t be the cheap route.  I could probably buy a 
serviceable Windows machine for what I’ll spend, but I don’t want to clutter my 
workspace any more than it already is.  If I unplug my Mini and cart it to an 
Apple store, will they upgrade the drive for me?  What am I looking at spending 
for a 2TB SSD that they install?  In my younger days I’d happily pull it apart 
and do it myself, but now I don’t have the time or patience and can’t risk a 
fatal error.

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