Seeking Mac Mini advice/suggestions

[megoapesnut]

I would recommend that you get the largest size SSD drive you can afford. As your boot drive fills up with files and the free space dwindles, that slows your system as well. If you get a smaller drive, make sure you store ALL of your non system, non APP files and documents on your other hard drives. Keep in mind that when you save a file to your desktop, you are saving it to your boot drive.

[Hector]

Ok, I think this should do it then.

Crucial SSD 500 GB and adapter mount...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00RQA6DTE/ref=nosim/sparkynet

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005PZDVF6/ref=nosim/sparkynet

That's only about a $200 investment...plus I had previously bought 32GB memory card for $120.

$320 total costs. utilizing my tower with CS5 Masterworks Suite...Final Cut Pro, and tons if other goodies, Lion ready...still get to use my Cinema Display, wireless keyboard and mouse...etc...

$320 is pretty good deal...especially considering I almost went for a Mac Mini Quad 8GB 500 HD for $800.

Agree or disagree?

Thanks for all your help...couldn't have possibly done it without you guys...

[Hector]

I have four HD bays. Two are filled (250 GB each)...then I'll be adding the SSD (500 GB) to the third bay...and would still have room for one more (fourth bay)...I guess getting an additional conventional HD for extra storage in that one is a possibility...

[Hector]

Maybe all that HD is overkill, lol...

[Hector]

BTW...when I first bought my Mac Pro...it came with two DVD SuperDrives.

My question...what advantage does two provide?

[Hector]

What is this cable for?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009GUXU52?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_

[megoapesnut]

BTW...when I first bought my Mac Pro...it came with two DVD SuperDrives.

My question...what advantage does two provide?

If you want to copy DVD's you can burn from one to the other if you have two drives.

[megoapesnut]

What is this cable for?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...etailpage_o00_

That's to connect a drive to an internal SATA port. However, all of the internal ports on a Mac Pro have cabling so you would not need this.

[megoapesnut]

Yes, that is a good deal to juice up your Pro. That's pretty much what I did with mine at work and it runs like a champ. However, the link for the SSD is for the 250GB version. The 500GB version is $182. I think you would be fine with the 250GB you would just have to be very careful with files and to keep as much free space as possible.

Ok, I think this should do it then.

Crucial SSD 500 GB and adapter mount...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00RQA6DTE/ref=nosim/sparkynet

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005PZDVF6/ref=nosim/sparkynet

That's only about a $200 investment...plus I had previously bought 32GB memory card for $120.

$320 total costs. utilizing my tower with CS5 Masterworks Suite...Final Cut Pro, and tons if other goodies, Lion ready...still get to use my Cinema Display, wireless keyboard and mouse...etc...

$320 is pretty good deal...especially considering I almost went for a Mac Mini Quad 8GB 500 HD for $800.

Agree or disagree?

Thanks for all your help...couldn't have possibly done it without you guys...

[Hector]

I'll get the 500GB one...and the adapter.

Again, thanks for all your help...I couldn't done it without you and the others.

[Hector]

I just ordered the Crucial MX200 500GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD and an adapter...and still waiting for the memory cards to arrive...can't wait, ha...

[megoapesnut]

I'll get the 500GB one...and the adapter.

Again, thanks for all your help...I couldn't done it without you and the others.

My pleasure

[Hector]