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The entry level mac mini is terrible and beach balls surfing. I am surprised they sell it. ( cant upgrade the memory either )

by geggam 11y ago

fauigerzigerk 11y ago
What would consider entry level? I use a Mac mini from 2012 (i7 with 8GB) every day and I'm not seeing any beach balls unless Flash crashes some web page.
- geggam 11y ago
  http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A&step=config http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A... Dont add any extras... its simply not usable on the net Hardware 1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) 4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm Intel HD Graphics 5000 User's Guide (English) Accessory Kit
  - dman 11y ago
    Maybe you have a faulty unit or are driving a very high resolution display. Otherwise at first glance that seems powerful enough to browse the net.
    - hyperpape 11y ago
      "The net" is a very varied place these days. It would be helpful to mention how many tabs you're using, the sites you're visiting, etc. My work computer is a 3GHz i7 Mac Mini bought in early 2015, with 16GB ram, and I still have times when news sites freeze and won't scroll because someone has done something stupid when coding the site. But my system uptime is 89 days and I get to the point where chrome shows a red bar because it hasn't been updated recently. There are a lot of irritating little bugs, but the only things that seem unstable are individual tabs and MyEclipse.
    - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
      The memory's a little low but yeah that's an otherwise fine machine.
  - condescendence 11y ago
    Not usable on the net?? Shit this was close spec'd to my compiling machine a few years ago.
    - nextos 11y ago
      I think the issue is usually really poor quality HD supplied by Apple on low end machines.
      - copperx 11y ago
        It's slow, but not poor quality.
  - TingPing 11y ago
    Own one, can confirm that OSX is unusable on a 5400rpm drive. Replacing it with any SSD makes it decent.
aeturnum 11y ago
I'm not sure /which/ entry level mac mini you're talking about, but the current entry level ($500) is neck & neck with the $1000 model of 2012[0]. I wouldn't recommend the mac mini to someone trying to squeeze every last penny out of their computing dollar, but it's not a rip-off either. [0] http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3615QM-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4260U http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3615QM-vs-Intel-Core-i...
hollerith 11y ago
Sounds like your hard drive is faulty: I recommend you hold down the D key or the Command and D keys while the Mac mini is booting to run the Apple Hardware Test. (One can replace the hard drive on that mini.)

The entry level mac mini is terrible and beach balls surfing. I am surprised they sell it. ( cant upgrade the memory either )

by geggam 11y ago

The entry level mac mini is terrible and beach balls surfing. I am surprised they sell it. ( cant upgrade the memory either )

fauigerzigerk 11y ago

What would consider entry level? I use a Mac mini from 2012 (i7 with 8GB) every day and I'm not seeing any beach balls unless Flash crashes some web page.

geggam 11y ago
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A&step=config http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A... Dont add any extras... its simply not usable on the net Hardware 1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) 4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm Intel HD Graphics 5000 User's Guide (English) Accessory Kit
- dman 11y ago
  Maybe you have a faulty unit or are driving a very high resolution display. Otherwise at first glance that seems powerful enough to browse the net.
  - hyperpape 11y ago
    "The net" is a very varied place these days. It would be helpful to mention how many tabs you're using, the sites you're visiting, etc. My work computer is a 3GHz i7 Mac Mini bought in early 2015, with 16GB ram, and I still have times when news sites freeze and won't scroll because someone has done something stupid when coding the site. But my system uptime is 89 days and I get to the point where chrome shows a red bar because it hasn't been updated recently. There are a lot of irritating little bugs, but the only things that seem unstable are individual tabs and MyEclipse.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
    The memory's a little low but yeah that's an otherwise fine machine.
- condescendence 11y ago
  Not usable on the net?? Shit this was close spec'd to my compiling machine a few years ago.
  - nextos 11y ago
    I think the issue is usually really poor quality HD supplied by Apple on low end machines.
    - copperx 11y ago
      It's slow, but not poor quality.
- TingPing 11y ago
  Own one, can confirm that OSX is unusable on a 5400rpm drive. Replacing it with any SSD makes it decent.

aeturnum 11y ago

I'm not sure /which/ entry level mac mini you're talking about, but the current entry level ($500) is neck & neck with the $1000 model of 2012[0]. I wouldn't recommend the mac mini to someone trying to squeeze every last penny out of their computing dollar, but it's not a rip-off either. [0] http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3615QM-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4260U http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3615QM-vs-Intel-Core-i...

hollerith 11y ago

Sounds like your hard drive is faulty: I recommend you hold down the D key or the Command and D keys while the Mac mini is booting to run the Apple Hardware Test. (One can replace the hard drive on that mini.)