M4 Mac mini's efficiency

Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by ewzimm on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:38PM (#42121225)

Also, the 256 uses 2x128 drives while the 512 uses a single drive, so you even get slightly slower storage with the upgrade. The base model is a great deal.

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by mkl on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @01:51AM (#42123534)

Do you have a source on that? It's not what I've read elsewhere, but I'm having trouble finding anything specific.

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by ewzimm on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @06:10PM (#42131245)

I had to look it up, and I had gotten that slightly wrong. The 256 did switch to 2x128 NAND while the previous model used 1x256, but the 512 is also multiple. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/08/m4-mac-mini-modular-sto...

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by einr on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @03:20AM (#42123933)

This is true for the Mac Studio but not for the M4 Mac Mini -- they all have a single storage slot and the only difference between the 256 and 512 models is the model of the NAND chips.

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by ewzimm on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @06:18PM (#42131306)

You're right thanks. The change was to 2x128 NAND for the 256 drive from the previous generation, not 2xSSD.

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