Mac Mini 2012

hartgeh3 · 13 Oct 2015 at 18:00

Yeah all works fine, infact it works fine on my rMB 1.3 aswell lol

Spit · 13 Oct 2015 at 18:05

Yeah must admit El Capitan flies on my rMB as well. Super impressed.

Throrik · 13 Oct 2015 at 22:45

hartgeh3 said:
I've had my Mini 2.6 since it was released. They did have issues with the HD4000 but was sorted out after awhile. Added a 256GB Samsung 830 and 16GB ram. I have mine running with a Samsung 34er superwider, love it, also running the latest beta El Capitan with no real problems. Shame the new minis are pants.

How does the Mini do with the resolution? I've got the Dell 34" Curved but haven't hooked it up to my Air yet, looking to get a Mini at some point soon, but wondered if it'd pack enough power to power the display.

Main uses are Netflix, Youtube, Programming and Browsing.

hartgeh3 · 13 Oct 2015 at 22:48

Throrik said:
How does the Mini do with the resolution? I've got the Dell 34" Curved but haven't hooked it up to my Air yet, looking to get a Mini at some point soon, but wondered if it'd pack enough power to power the display.

Main uses are Netflix, Youtube, Programming and Browsing.

Will do the full res

Spit · 13 Oct 2015 at 22:57

Throrik said:
How does the Mini do with the resolution? I've got the Dell 34" Curved but haven't hooked it up to my Air yet, looking to get a Mini at some point soon, but wondered if it'd pack enough power to power the display.

Main uses are Netflix, Youtube, Programming and Browsing.

I will give you an update when I receive everything this week.

shiver · 13 Oct 2015 at 23:24

Have the 2.3 Quad, 16GB RAM, SSD + 2TB HDD. Has been very reliable for the last couple of years as a media centre / server etc.

Spit · 14 Oct 2015 at 09:54

Do you have to buy the kit to put an extra hard drive in?

Jimmy1983 · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:08

What's the best SSD to fit into a 2012 Mini?

Spit · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:11

I have just installed a Sandisk 240Gb extreme pro into mine.

Jimmy1983 · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:15

Spit said:
I have just installed a Sandisk 240Gb extreme pro into mine.

Thanks any issues?

I'm in two minds either upgrade to SSD or invest a buy a new iMac 27'' for my photography work.

Spit · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:53

Seems all good so far

quickshot89 · 14 Oct 2015 at 15:09

I have 3 of the i5 versions, fast little machines, work great for esxi too

Jimmy1983 · 14 Oct 2015 at 15:35

Cheers guys, is it a fairly straight forward process to install it?

Jimmy1983 · 14 Oct 2015 at 15:36

quickshot89 said:
I have 3 of the i5 versions, fast little machines, work great for esxi too

Did you use a Sandisk 240Gb extreme pro?

Spit · 14 Oct 2015 at 19:13

Well everything is up and running with all my apps installed. Extreme Pro is very fast and no errors so far.

Mac is running nice on the 34" LG at 3440x1440.

Spit · 14 Oct 2015 at 19:14

Jimmy1983 said:
Cheers guys, is it a fairly straight forward process to install it?

I just followed a Youtube vid. You have to remove the fan and a couple of plastic parts.

shiver · 15 Oct 2015 at 09:44

Spit said:
Do you have to buy the kit to put an extra hard drive in?

If you got the old Server version it was dual drive already but if not, then yes. The kits are pretty cheap, it's just a specifically shaped SATA ribbon to J-socket on the board and mounting screws, the good kits come with the removal tool for the logic too.

Check ifixit or OWC for info.

shiver · 15 Oct 2015 at 09:46

Side note, has anyone installed El Capitan on their 2012 Mini yet?

I've got it on my rMBP but not my mini. I've noticed that some of the Macs at work with the same Intel GPU have now had their max allocated VRAM increase to 1.5GB.

Probably not much in the way of performance increase but it'd mean people running 4GB memory would only have 2.5GB left over!

Spit · 15 Oct 2015 at 10:27

I have ordered one thanks.

On a side note my screen is running at 50Hz and not 60, can't see any way of changing it as no other option in the drop down box in display settings, any ideas?

Throrik · 15 Oct 2015 at 11:14

What version of DP does the 2012 have? That could be something to do with it?