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Post by jcoutu1 on Feb 6, 2019 11:46:33 GMT -6
On the newest model Mini, the hard drive is soldered to the logic board. It's *NOT* user upgradable (unless you've got a massive set of balls). Apple’s goal is to make it impossible for the user to do any upgrades, of course this means their “ genius’s” can’t do anything either. ...but they kept the RAM replaceable.
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Post by ericn on Feb 6, 2019 11:46:58 GMT -6
Apple’s goal is to make it impossible for the user to do any upgrades, of course this means their “ genius’s” can’t do anything either. ...but they kept the RAM replaceable. For now !
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 6, 2019 12:31:20 GMT -6
Well I guess carbon copy cloner would be in order
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Post by svart on Feb 6, 2019 12:56:37 GMT -6
On the newest model Mini, the hard drive is soldered to the logic board. It's *NOT* user upgradable (unless you've got a massive set of balls). Apple’s goal is to make it impossible for the user to do any upgrades, of course this means their “ genius’s” can’t do anything either. So... Much like going back to Apple's golden years? I had a mac laptop that needed 3 motherboards in a 3 year span.. Same issue every time.. Was told every time that it was my fault and I would have to pay for it despite the forums full of people complaining about the same problem happening to just about every Mac at the time.. Apple never admitted a production issue and soon after switched to Intel. The fourth time it happened I learned how to do BGA reflow with a hot air gun and fixed it and sold it.
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Post by popmann on Feb 6, 2019 15:23:35 GMT -6
If you buy a new MINI, it HAS to run 10.14 that it comes with-it won't have drivers for the machine in older OS versions....Apple doesn't put bloatware on, so....why are we discussing cloning drives again?
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Post by popmann on Feb 7, 2019 16:11:37 GMT -6
FYI.... www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Mac+mini+Late+2018+Teardown/115210....there's no internal SATA connection for a second SSD to be added. Buy what you need for OS, apps for it's lifespan from Apple. Budget for a Thunderbolt external chassis with SATA connectors to handle your old SSDs and all the project and sample storage. This is a question I asked in the release thread and never got an answer to....which is why I post it here. No secondary SATA SSD possible in the 2018 minis. You CAN upgrade the RAM....FWIW.
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Feb 9, 2019 10:49:42 GMT -6
AES members and I think NARAS members get a discount in the Apple store when you access it while signed in from their member sites.
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Post by ericn on Feb 9, 2019 11:22:35 GMT -6
AES members and I think NARAS members get a discount in the Apple store when you access it while signed in from their member sites. If it’s the same as the faculty/ staff educator discount it isn’t much.
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