One of the wifi connectors wouldnt go back on and the repair company couldnt do it either i had to send it to news york to get it reattached The sata power connector to the logic board came off the logic board entirely.

and I've been installing drives for years, i opened up my 20 model with no real difficulty. Maybe once the machine is out of warranty and new models are out (so the value of the current model drops), I'll do it.

For me, I was successful in putting a SSD in my 2012 Mac but I didn't look forward to doing something similar again so I just bought an external for my 2014 Mini. $85 for an Evo 850 (and you get to re-purpose the 1TB drive). But even then, it's $200 for a 250GB from Apple vs. It's better if you do a BTO Mini with it inside. You can only move the PCIe SSD to other Apple products with the same PCIe connector or use something like the OWC Envoy Pro enclosure ($110, according to OWC, it works with the PCIe SSD's in the 'Current Mac Models').įor me, from a price-performance perspective, at the current prices, putting in a PCIe SSD into the 2014 Mini isn't worth the price. And yes, the SATA3 SSD can be moved to other computers with a SATA connector or standard docking stations/enclosures. 4 on the 2015 Macbook Pro), you may get 40%-50% better performance, at best, from the PCIe SSD vs. Performance wise, since the Mini only has 2 PCIe lanes for the SSD (vs. People have said the MCE products are also used (taken out of other Apple products) but it doesn't say that and I don't know. MCE sells them but I think they're on the expensive side relative to eBay. The last I heard (may be way out of date), 1TB was $1000. You need to go to someplace like eBay to find the PCIe SSD's (used).

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