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Mac Mini Hard drive specs
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Does anyone know what kind of hard drive is in the Mini I'm more interested in RPM, and Cache also is it a regular sized hard drive or the smaller notebooke sized? Apple doesn't seem to list it on their website.
Also if any of you Mini owners play World of Warcraft how is the performance on the mini?
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Bristol, England
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Originally posted by bleee:
Does anyone know what kind of hard drive is in the Mini I'm more interested in RPM, and Cache also is it a regular sized hard drive or the smaller notebooke sized? Apple doesn't seem to list it on their website.
Please read the forums before posting - this is answered many times, during other Mac mini posts!
Chris.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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4200 rpm 2.5 inch drive with(i think)8 megabytes of cache.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I read in another forum that some 1.25Ghz minis have the Seagate ST94011A which is a 5400 RPM 40GB drive. The 1.42Ghz model 80s seem to be 4200 rpm. Mine is, anyway.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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This can make a surprising difference, so unless I'm missing something (which may be true!), I'm surprised more people haven't posted their specs.
What would be useful is the drive model number, so we can look it up 
Personally, I'd be much more inclined to give Apple the extra $100 if we thought the 80GB drive had a faster spindle speed and/or more cache, as opposed to buying just the 40GB and spending some green with my local hard drive supplier to put a drive in the machine that doesn't hold it back.
All told, I can't imagine there's a significant difference between the machines performance-wise for any other reason, right? After all, it's only an extra 170MHz, and if the drive is the bottleneck... from the sound of iDaver's post, the more info we get, the better
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Originally posted by power142:
This can make a surprising difference, so unless I'm missing something (which may be true!), I'm surprised more people haven't posted their specs.
What would be useful is the drive model number, so we can look it up ...
TOSHIBA MK8025GAS. It apparently draws less power than other 80GB drives.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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I suppose we shouldn't grumble, as it is a low-cost machine, but either drive looks like a good candidate for an upgrade :/
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