Subj : Re: the mac club
To   : Nightfox
From : paulie420
Date : Fri Jun 27 2025 07:29 pm

 Ni>  pa> I don't think folks can go wrong with the M4 lineup... and its pretty
 Ni>  pa> to suggest hardware to people. But the base model - unless you NEED m
 Ni>  pa> RAM.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I don't think they're upgradeable, are they?  That's the thing I don't
 Ni> like about Apple's products these days..  If you want better specs, you
 Ni> can't upgrade it, you have to buy a whole new one.

Well... they're not; with an asterisk. For the M4 Mac Mini/Mac Mini Pro, Apple did use a proprietary SSD - but several engineers have reversed them and you can buy $300 2TB SSD upgrades... the RAM would take an engineer, tho; solder job from  hell. So no, they aren't easily upgradable - HOWEVER, with Thunderbolt 4 (Or 5 on the Pro models), just grab an external hub and you can get faster speeds from an additional NVME SSD, so; they don't NEED to be upgraded...

For ME, the base M4 Mac Mini will last 5 years... 16GB RAM is fine; and if needed just spec more at purchase - and grab your 10year hardware and just upgrade the Mini in 5 years..

Thats my plan, anyhow; but... say for a dev box - I can't think of a better value than a $499 M4 machine.



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