I have a late 2014 Mini (the most recent one available before the announcements this week 10/30/2018).
To say this machine is slow would be a massive understatement. Disk benchmarks on the built-in drive were like 80Mbps. I went out and found what is probably the last Thunderbolt2 drive enclosure in my area, and put a current model SSD in it.
It's like a whole new machine. Disk benchmarks are close to 400Mbps -- a 4x improvement. It boots quickly and runs nicely. I'm not sure I need a new Mini now.
10-31-2018 09:57 PM