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Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price

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420 points speckx | 2 comments | 11 Jul 25 14:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.433s | source
1. crawsome ◴[11 Jul 25 17:52 UTC] No.44535135[source]▶
$1200 for 4TB upgrade is so ridiculous. Manufacturers holding RAM for ransom is very annoying. Esp when the lowest setting isn't even meant to be purchased, and the specs are so low they will underperform, or be obsolete in a few years.

This is kind of why people start cloning macs in the 90s. They were too expensive straight from the factory.

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2. Casteil ◴[12 Jul 25 19:16 UTC] No.44544338[source]▶
>Esp when the lowest setting isn't even meant to be purchased

All current models ship with 16GB so this isn't really true anymore.. 16GB will be good for most folks for years and years (most folks aren't doing heavy virtualization or other highly ram-intensive use cases).

>and the specs are so low they will underperform, or be obsolete in a few years.

...what?? People are still using OG M1 macs because they're still very capable machines. These things - especially the M4s - have crazy amounts of performance headroom.