At the middle of last september I gave myself a little present, getting the 2nd Apple desktop machine in these last 5 years of “mac-addiction”, a mid.2011 entry-level MacMini [for the onlookers out there the first desktop was a PowerMac G4 “Quicksilver”].
The specs aren’t impressive but at home I needed a machine that could be leaved always-on, ready to serve, print, download camera’s photos and be – as soon as I’ll have a little time – a photo and music media server to my LCD tv in the drawing-room [probably with PS3MediaServer].
Those are the first results of NovaBench‘s run on the MacMini with it’s default hardware equipment: 578 points.
I had then the chance to upgrade my MacBook Pro RAM from 4GB to 8GB … so, even if RAM’s speed was lower (1067 MHz instead of 1333 MHz) I decided to try to put them in the MacMini … 10 minutes and 3 NovaBench’s run later these were the results: 581 points.
Finally this week, after a Riccardo‘s tweet on getting value RAM via Crucial’s shop I’ve ordered mine, and moments ago I’ve installed it and this is the 1st result after the boot: 618 points.
40 points of difference (with no special attention to tuning anything) for 32.99€ (taxes excluded, shipping included). Not bad … or not ???
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