I decided to take it to the next level and write a quick script to launch 15 applications in a row, timing how long the entire process takes. General OS usage is a difficult thing to quantify, but one measure of performance has always been the number of bounces an icon in the dock makes before an application loads. I did throw in some results from the early 2008 iMac I reviewed a while back. I didn't have any previous generation Intel Mac minis on hand so the performance comparison is mainly to the MacBook/MacBook Pro. While that may change in another quarter or two, we still need Apple to take SSDs more seriously than it has been. These days the name of the game is SandForce. I’m going to take this opportunity to again plead for Apple to include a decent SSD in its customization options. The Mac mini is absolutely begging to have an SSD, and unlike the rest of Apple’s Mac lineup, one isn’t even offered on the mini.
To Apple’s credit, OS X does a good job of caching frequently used data but without enough RAM this is a wobbly crutch. The drive keeps power consumption and noise down to a minimum, while being awful for performance. The second is the hard drive.Īpple ships the Mac mini with a 2.5” 5400RPM notebook drive. Even light multitasking exposes this weakness. The first is memory, and I’ll touch on this in more detail later, but 2GB of RAM is simply not sufficient for a computer running a heavyweight OS. There are two problems with the overall performance of the mini that will contribute to it feeling slow, particularly over time. Given that Apple’s iPad is fast enough for many users today, I don’t think it’s too difficult to understand that the 2010 Mac mini is sufficient for most needs.
Ram for mac mini 2010 pro#
If you load Windows 7 onto the MacBook Pro (2010 i5 or i7) with 16GB RAM loaded, Windows 7 will boot OK and be able to see/address the 16GB RAM.Īs far as I can tell, this appears to be an Apple SW limitation of some sort.The original Mac mini was fast enough for the entry level Mac user back in 2005. If you load Ubuntu 12 onto the MacBook Pro (2010 i5 or i7) with 16GB RAM loaded, Ubuntu will boot OK and be able to see/address the 16GB RAM.
A maxmem=2048 will allow the system to boot normally with 16GB RAM loaded however only 2GB RAM will be usable. This would limit the usable RAM to a maximum of 8GB (official Apple Max) however this also will cause a kernel panic during normal boot when 16GB RAM is physically loaded. It is possible to limit Max RAM to 8GB using the command: sudo nvram "-v maxmem=8192". " in safe mode, as opposed to "IntelHD.". Notice that the graphics card is listed as "Nvidia. You will be able to boot into safe mode OK and it will show the 16GB RAM in System Information. After doing some digging around, it sounds like the limitation has to do with the IntelHD graphics SW that is used by OS X.Ī 2010 i5/i7 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM running MountainLion/Mavericks will kernel panic during normal boot. I believe there is an EFI limitation in OS X Mountain Lion that will not allow the 2010 i5/i7 Macbook Pro's to be upgraded over 8GB RAM. The type of RAM needed is DDR3 PC3-8500 1066.
Ram for mac mini 2010 upgrade#
If you have a 2010 MacBook Pro Core2Duo (13"), then you are in luck and you can upgrade to 16GB RAM. Any mid-2010 MacBook Pro i5 or i7 is limited to a maximum of 8GB RAM.
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