There appears do be yet another SSD lottery in the most recently released Macs and I would imagine in the 128 GB and 256 GB, the drives are Toshiba but what what about 512 GB and upward? Samsung?
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What kind of SSD do you have?
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That really is disappointing. I was so looking forward to Apple releasing a new Mac mini and now this happens. Also there seems to be issues from a few people with regards to the T2 chip and crashing. This is not the case with everyone though. I remember there being some issues with the 2011 Mac mini at first when it was released in July of that year and I ended up purchasing one in October and it lasted me five years. I still have it in my closet. I am wondering if perhaps I should hold off on purchasing the new Mac mini for a little while in case there are some problems on the early round of machines.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who replied. I was going to go with a 512 GB SSD and that would likely get me a Samsung SSD. I don't know if there would be any audible coil whine though.
I have no crashing issues or problems with the T2 chip here till now. Everything is working fine & fast. It outperforms my MacPro 6core variant i had before from 2013 by far! Im happy with everything, except the SSD... atleast my 2tb SSD variant is super fast... but well noisy too... Its complete silent while surfing on the web etc, but when the SSD starts to work im getting a constant noisy whining. I wish i could use my Macbook Pro 2017 SSD in there. If you wanna hear the whining, here you go ->
If I had my fan ramped up, would I even hear the SSD? That said, that noise is annoying.
I just hear the noise, when it's complete silent here & when im alone. With a ramped up Fan u would hear nothing from the SSD.
It's not the SSD chip(s). It's the change in current through the power supply inductors, which changes magnetic fields and that causes vibration and hence noise.
Any confirmation that 512 GB drives and up are made by Samsung?
I find it unlikely that Apple would choose two suppliers for same component.
I find it unlikely that Apple would choose two suppliers for same component.
big cash for that option.
what is the exact setup for your mini. i7? 16gb?
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transformers can hum and they have no moving parts.
256GB here and a 256GB external Samsung T5 which i actually ain't using as everything is saved to a NAS/HDD dock
i have the i7, bought it with 8gb but upgraded it with 64gb myself
i have to say it was noisy at the beginning, now its nearly silent.
