Questions been asked to death, but I'm looking into getting the base macmin with 256 gig. But, should I opt for the 16 gig ram upgrade? Current PC use has been using it for gaming, maya, blender, photoshop, and davinci resolve. I'm coming from a PC with 32 gigs of ram, and I don't think I do anything particularly crazy intensive, and won't be using the macmini for games. I also want to run some programs an external SSD. How well does Mac mini handle that?
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shutuuplegs@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 3y
8 gigs is not enough, period. Get 16. I’d also get a drive upgrade for the speed. I think the mini is affected by the slow lowest spec drive “issue”.
Works great with externals though.
ImaginaryFox@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
@shutuuplegs Is the drive upgrade necessary if I'm going to be using an external SSD? Aside from benchmarks of the internal drive does it being slower matter?
shutuuplegs@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 3y
Yes. The minimum spec has lower bandwidth. It’s a huge difference in overall system satisfaction by upgrading the internal memory and storage.