![]() ![]() It won't make your Mac do CPU- or GPU-intensive tasks any faster, and access to very large data that exceeds the capacity of the hybrid drive's buffer may not be faster, so your mini is likely to still feel old if you throw heavy loads at it. Many years ago, when SSDs were expensive, I put a 500GB predecessor of the Firecuda in my mom's old white plastic 2008 MacBook, and it made a huge difference in everyday usability. That's about 3x-4x the storage of a similarly priced SSD. That's the normal price of the 1TB version. ![]() 7) on a 2.5" Seagate Firecuda 2TB for $59.99. The mini takes a 2.5" drive, and Newegg is having a sale right now (until the end of tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. ![]() You get boot & launch times nearly as fast as with an SSD, and you get more storage for the same price. Another good way to extend the life of an old Mac for very little money is to replace the HD with a hybrid drive, which is essentially a drop-in Fusion drive. ![]()
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