What's the largest hard drive you can put in a mini?

[joe1946]

Wow 2TB (two 1TB) 2.5" HDs in the Mini, 9400M bottleneck, is that a fact ?🙄

 

[trip1ex]

Can you fit a 3.5" hard drive in the Mini if you take out the optical drive?

 

[dwl017]

How ironic that every time someone brings up the issue of why not just buy a Mac Pro Tower and be done with it everyone screams about its to much machine and I dont need that much memory etc. but what is the first thing they do after ordrering a new Mini? or any other lower end machine ?

Crack it open void the wrranty and start adding memory and larger hard drives etc. 🙄 seems like some of you are really confused about what you want. Why in the hell would anyone buy a brand new Mini take it home and tear it apart 🙄

I really dont understand you guys, buy a brand new machine just to bust it open like a clam.

 

[fhall1]

Wow 2TB (two 1TB) 2.5" HDs in the Mini, 9400M bottleneck, is that a fact ?🙄

Not sure where you've seen 1TB 2.5" HDs....most you can put in a mini right now is 1TB via two 500GB drives

 

[Outsider]

Can you fit a 3.5" hard drive in the Mini if you take out the optical drive?

I think the answer to that is "hell no" 😀

 

[panzer06]

How ironic that every time someone brings up the issue of why not just buy a Mac Pro Tower and be done with it everyone screams about its to much machine and I dont need that much memory etc. but what is the first thing they do after ordrering a new Mini? or any other lower end machine ?

Crack it open void the wrranty and start adding memory and larger hard drives etc. 🙄 seems like some of you are really confused about what you want. Why in the hell would anyone buy a brand new Mini take it home and tear it apart 🙄

I really dont understand you guys, buy a brand new machine just to bust it open like a clam.

Stop, don't do it. Now everyone who wants the mythical Mac mini-tower will jump up and down about the lack of same.

Seriously, the Mac Pro is too expensive for most people and many still want a desktop Mac without a display. The demand is there, but no product, so the franken-mini is born.

Cheers,

 

[sngx1275]

How ironic that every time someone brings up the issue of why not just buy a Mac Pro Tower and be done with it everyone screams about its to much machine and I dont need that much memory etc. but what is the first thing they do after ordrering a new Mini? or any other lower end machine ?

Crack it open void the wrranty and start adding memory and larger hard drives etc. 🙄 seems like some of you are really confused about what you want. Why in the hell would anyone buy a brand new Mini take it home and tear it apart 🙄

I really dont understand you guys, buy a brand new machine just to bust it open like a clam.

Look at the price of the cheapest Mac Pro you can get. Now compare that to a baseline Mac Mini + 4GB RAM + 320GB HD (RAM and HD bought somewhere outside of Apple). I don't think there is much else that can be said to counter your statement.

 

[Whackintosh]

Look at the price of the cheapest Mac Pro you can get. Now compare that to a baseline Mac Mini + 4GB RAM + 320GB HD (RAM and HD bought somewhere outside of Apple). I don't think there is much else that can be said to counter your statement.

And that's not even taking into account the massive savings on space and electricity.