If you opt for the 24GB memory, it will perform faster, right? I understand the base model is good, but with only 256GB storage, the system tends to slow down since it uses nearly 70% of the 256GB drive. I feel Apple is ripping people off with the tiny 512 drive as well for $200 more.I feel 512 should be the base in this time. Installing apps to an external drive is fine but defeats the purpose of Mini.
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Mac Mini Base 16gb 256 vs slightly larger drive of 512
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24 gb of ram will not make the device faster per se, It will in case. You use a lot of ram but having more ram would not make a system faster.
Osx is not near 70% of the 256 storage, that said, I feel 256 is a bit tight anyway.
More RAM will only make your system faster if the apps are lacking free RAM. Otherwise it will have no effect. Check Activity Viewer to see if your RAM load is high.
On my mac mini that's been running for about a week, storage is shown as:
macOS = 21.1GB
System Data = 27.49GB
I opted for 1TB, but the above totals less than 50GB
macOS = 21.1GB
System Data = 27.49GB
I opted for 1TB, but the above totals less than 50GB
Technically, more RAM will make your system faster as it will use spare RAM to cache more if the RAM is unused by apps. To what extent, who knows.