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Mac Mini '09 SSD

  | Repairs By: Andy D
Absolutely the best way to breathe life into an older computer is to replace the slow mechanical hard drive with a modern solid state drive. The computer and apps will boot 5x faster, and overall the system will be dramatically more responsive.
Here we have a Mac Mini (Late 2009). It was pulling speeds of around 32–36 MB/sec – this about the equivalent of USB2. A simple, inexpensive Samsung 750 EVO replacement drive improves this to 135MB/sec read and 105MB/sec write. That’s a 3x to 4x speed improvement.
  • Mac Mini 2009
    Mac Mini 2009
    Pulling apart a Mac Mini 2009. The putty knife is an essential tool for breaking the chassis apart.
  • Mac Mini 2009
    Mac Mini 2009
    Samsung 750 EVO solid state drive replaces the original hard drive.
  • Mac Mini 2009 Speed Test
    Mac Mini 2009 Speed Test
    Blackmagic speed test has the hard drive pulling read/write speeds of around 32–36MB/sec.
  • Mac Mini 2009 Speed Test
    Mac Mini 2009 Speed Test
    Replacement solid state drive (a Samsung 750 EVO) is pulling around 135MB/sec read and 105MB/sec write. That’s a 3x to 4x speed improvement.
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