Mac Mini Upgrade

[kombuwa]

After 15 years of using windows I am planning to move in to Mac.

I am planning to buy 2.6GHz Mac Mini.

Can you guys tell me the best upgrade for Money 16 GB RAM or 1TB Fusion Drive.

i am planning to use xcode, Blender, Unity 3d, Photoshop, Dreamviewer.

Please help me to choose.

 

[keysofanxiety]

After 15 years of using windows I am planning to move in to Mac.

I am planning to buy 2.6GHz Mac Mini.

Can you guys tell me the best upgrade for Money 16 GB RAM or 1TB Fusion Drive.

i am planning to use xcode, Blender, Unity 3d, Photoshop, Dreamviewer.

Please help me to choose.

If you've got 8GB RAM already I'd say the Fusion Drive, as that'll vastly improve real-world performance and application loading. Of course try get both upgrades if you can afford it, or preferably pure Flash (though this'd definitely be expensive).

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Fusion Drive, no contest.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Fusion drive, you may have to close down a couple of apps occasionally if you have less RAM and keep everything open and running, but the fusion drive will make everything open instantly work fluidly and give you a much better computing experience. Unless of course you are running multiple VM's and then I'd say go with a 256GB SSD and 16gb RAM and external drives for storage.

 

[pastrychef]

16GB RAM. You can always add more storage at a later date. You won't be able to add more RAM.

 

[keysofanxiety]

16GB RAM. You can always add more storage at a later date. You won't be able to add more RAM.

Isn't the Fusion drive proprietary 128GB PCI-e SSD though?

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Isn't the Fusion drive proprietary 128GB PCI-e SSD though?

Fusion drive is but if you buy with a HDD it's connected by standard sata 3 so you can swap it out for an SSD. It's much more difficult than it used to be (full disassembly) but it is possible. See here for details

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Late+2014+Hard+Drive+Replacement/32815

 

[s0nicpr0s]

Isn't the Fusion drive proprietary 128GB PCI-e SSD though?

Yes it is, you are correct. You can swap out the SATA drive still if I'm not mistaken, but the SSD is the PCIe interface.

 

[pastrychef]

Isn't the Fusion drive proprietary 128GB PCI-e SSD though?

Yes, the SSD is one of the "blade" types. But they can be purchased from Amazon and Ebay. I have one running in my 2010 Mac Pro.