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>An external 1TB Samsung for everything besides applications and OS isn't bad at all. Yep. 4x TB3 means I don't care at all about the internal storage. I'll ta
by intopieces 8y ago
>An external 1TB Samsung for everything besides applications and OS isn't bad at all.
Yep. 4x TB3 means I don't care at all about the internal storage. I'll take the 128GB internal drive for the OS and be on my way.
- rbanffy 8y agoI'd go with a bigger one, just in case. I'm pretty sure future releases of macOS with all its tooling will take more and more of that space and I'd expect the machine to be useful for 3-5 years (usually more, as per Mac tradition - my mini is 6 years old and the only thing I want to upgrade in it is the hard drive).
- stephenr 8y agoI believe the i7 upgrade is only available in the higher model, with the base 256GB SSD.
- m_mueller 8y agoNo you can go i7 with the 128GB model as well. I think the 256GB base model makes sense though, to have enough headroom for the OS and such.
- m_mueller 8y agoSo, after further consideration I think the one to buy is the base i5 model with 256GB for 1099. Buy the RAM separately. It looks like it has 2 slots. With my local vendor 2x16GB DDR 2666Mhz comes out at 300 USD or so. I already have an external 1TB SSD, but otherwise a Samsung T5 is available for around 220 USD. That's a 1600ish USD system, which is somewhat reasonable for a mac with those specs IMO. Would be nice if Apple just gave you that for around 1800, but the 2300 they want is just unreasonable IMO.
- intopieces 8y agoYou sold me on this config. I want to be able to use this computer for a long time, and you hit the nail on the head.