First off, let me introduce myself by saying “Hello” it’s been some years since I’ve bought an Apple computer.
Just recently purchased my 2018 Mac Mini with the following specs:
i7 cpu, 32gb ram, 128gb SSD
I discovered the biggest disappointment after purchasing is that I cannot upgrade the SSD because it is soldered into the unit. I opted for 32GB of ram at the time of purchase (assuming I would upgrade storage later) because I wanted the speed right away and I have several external drives for photo and video editing
I quickly found the 128gb is nearly consumed with only ~40gb left after installing final cut, Adobe, office, etc etc....
Did I make a mistake with only 128? I feel like I have... Solutions I already initiated was storing libraries for Photos and iTunes to the external drives to free up space.
Has anyone else dealt with this dilemma? This is going to haunt me for years if I don’t find a good solution or sell the unit and buy another one with larger internal SSD.
Thank you for your inputs.
Return it get a bigger ssd and get less ram.
Frankly I ended up getting some 2014 minis as I need about 600 to 700 gb on the boot drive .
I want some clean look minis no external HDD.
ETH cord
power cord
Hdmi cord.
I have two NAS shared with 3 minis.
My suggestion to you is bigger ssd as you can not make a bigger ssd.
You can always add more ram.
16gb ram and a 500gb ssd is better then 32gb ram and a 128gb ssd.
Both cost 1399. Direct from Apple.
I3 base is 799. Add 32gb it is 1399
I3 base is 799. Do 500gb option for ssd 400 do 16 gb ram option for 200 cost is 1399.
If you page out on the 16gb ram down the road you can upgrade to ram. Short term the 500gb ssd can cover pages fairly well.
Same cost but a better machine for most users.