Yet, the older versions are getting the job done. Oh sure, my Mac is missing the latest features like USB 3, Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, 5GB of RAM (1+2+2) is now unused. My Mac Mini (Early 2009) was upgraded with an SSD from OWC and an 8GB RAM kit from Crucial. For now, my Core 2 Duo processor is hanging in there. That should be enough time for the Intel Skylake CPUs to make their way inside Mac hardware. I don’t know how long the software will hold out, but I figure that I added at least two years of life to my Mac. Even though I think Yosemite is ugly, downloading the latest security updates are important. It’s already at the edge of hardware supported by Yosemite. I’m not sure how long can that thing can keep spinning.Īt some point Apple will likely stop supporting the 2009 Mac Mini. The latter is the one part I’m worried about. The only noisy parts left are the optical drive (which I rarely use) and the fan. The addition of a silent running SSD makes my previously quiet Mac sounds almost ghostly.
This change should improve system boot times and data reads times, while reducing power consumption. 8GB is not a huge amount of RAM by today’s standards, but it was enough to make my Mac feel like new again.Īlthough, to be fair, I did another large upgrade simultaneously. I upgraded the hard drive in my Mac Mini from a spinning disk to a solid state drive. While more RAM alone won’t make the OS prettier, it seems to help with stability. I’m not really a fan of this OS X update, as I think Mavericks was more stable and looked a lot better. Considering that I bought the Mac Mini with just 1GB of RAM, adding two 4GB modules is a huge upgrade. The additional RAM seems to help with Yosemite. But apparently, a firmware update raised the cap to 8GB. I thought it was at the max already, as I had previously upgraded the RAM to 4GB. The early 2009 Mac Mini doesn’t have that problem.
That’s one of my disappointments with the new Mac Mini. Macs aren’t really known for massive upgrading. To save money, but boost performance, I decided to upgrade my Mac Mini. They’re either too expensive for my budget or not a significant improvement over the earlier Macs. I thought about getting a new Mac, but the new models didn’t impressed me. The problem was that my Mac was running slow. While I’m happy with the new iPad Air 2, and it has seriously cut down my desktop usage, I still need a traditional computer to get work done.
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