Memory is not user upgradable.
SSD is user extendable, either within the box or external addition.
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frontpageyoungliu posted May 06, 2025 01:19 PM
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frontpageyoungliu posted May 06, 2025 01:19 PM
Select Stores: Apple Mac Mini Desktop w/ M4 Chip, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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Great buy though- excellent value. Very pleased with mine from last time - which serves as a very capable 'desktop replacement' - and uses only 2-4.5W of power consumption during real-world use, driving two large format displays (at/near 4K). I barely even use my desktop PC anymore because it uses ~100W to do the same thing, and it's no faster or smoother than the M4 Mini for general use.
1 - It has "only" 256gb of storage. Yes, it sucks. USB4/Thunderbolt external NVMe/SSD will be a cheap addition, or get the aftermarket internal chip upgrade.
2 - It's still expensive. Ok, provide a link to machine that has comparable performance and capabilities in a similar form factor for this price.
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So keep being a descendant of the "8gb is more than enough" camp. You were funny then, and you're just as funny now.
2015 with 32GB general user device is a company with idiots running EUC department.
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So keep being a descendant of the "8gb is more than enough" camp. You were funny then, and you're just as funny now.
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I used mine to encode a 10 episode Season of a 1080P series on BluRay and it had no difficulty running through the Handbrake queue using CPU encoding for H265. Those are files that are 8-10GB before encoding.
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So keep being a descendant of the "8gb is more than enough" camp. You were funny then, and you're just as funny now.
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But even then, as a home user of computers, you see the need for RAM and storage always increasing. Most people replace their machines unnecessarily when if they simply specc'ed them out properly the first time, they would get several more years of utility from them.
But hey, it's your wallet. Go have fun with your "all I need is 8gb of ram and a 256gb hard drive". There's a reason why Apple is the most profitable company out there. Ever ask yourself why?
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