Just wondering what the best SSD is for the 2.5GHz 2011 Mac Mini. Please bear in mind I'm in the UK so want something available in the UK.
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Best SSD for 2011 Mac Mini
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The 6GB/S models cost more. Rather than lower the price of the 3GB/S models, they simply replaced them. You can still get the older ones and they are cheaper but they are rapidly vanishing.
I have OCZ Vertex IIs in our Intel Mac minis. They are older models and wouldn't take advantage of the 6GB/S SSD models anyway. I would think the newer mini would use the faster drive but I would check before spending extra to get 6GB/S only to find the motherboard in your mini only does 3GB/S.
I have OCZ Vertex IIs in our Intel Mac minis. They are older models and wouldn't take advantage of the 6GB/S SSD models anyway. I would think the newer mini would use the faster drive but I would check before spending extra to get 6GB/S only to find the motherboard in your mini only does 3GB/S.
Hi all,
I'm also looking to put an SSD in my Mac Mini, but it's the late 2009 model. When looking into what SATA version I have, according to Wikipedia it is a SATA II. However the wiki also states:
"The Intel-based Mac Mini moves away from the previously used Ultra ATA/100 to the newer Serial ATA interface, which offers a maximum 3 Gbit/s transfer rate, however all models of Intel Mac Mini have been limited to 1.5 Gbit/s even though the SATA standard supports a transfer of 3 Gbit/s."
So that would mean a theoretical maximum transfer rate of about ~187MB/s. If this is the case, it is fairly pointless to even look at anything faster right ?