I am considering buying a Mac Mini (late 2018) for audio production and I am wondering how much RAM to put in it.
Will I be able to run more audio processing plugins with more RAM? My gut feeling is "no", but how little is then recommended? I am thinking the fastest i7 option will give me more plugin (?) but how about RAM?
And BTW is RAM user-upgradable in the new 2018 Mac Mini's?
Allan, the RAM on the new 2018 Mac Mini is user upgradeable. 2 directly accessible SoDimm slots.
2018 Mac mini has User Upgradable RAM - The Mac Observer
As to the amount, normally 16GB is enough for most.
Allan, the RAM on the new 2018 Mac Mini is user upgradeable. 2 directly accessible SoDimm slots.
2018 Mac mini has User Upgradable RAM - The Mac Observer
As to the amount, normally 16GB is enough for most.
Judging from the pictures I've seen, it seems that more than the round base needs to come off. I'm not sure how one would release those chips given the space one has to work in. This would make it either an in-warranty, in-store upgrade or an out-of-warranty, user upgrade.
An Apple spokesperson: "While we don't consider the memory directly end-user accessible, service providers can access the internals of the Mac mini to upgrade the memory."New 2018 Mac mini: Pro machine in a tiny, upgradeable package | ZDNet
Until OWC or iFixit come out with a full teardown, it does appear
that RAM replacement my be akin to replacing drives in the older
Minis by removing a few screws and sliding things out a bit, but without
all the connector removals. Of course from the photos it looks like
you will need the special screwdriver sets.
It certainly won't be anything very difficult if AASP techs can quickly
swap them.
The RAM is not upgradable. So you must order it with the amount of RAM you will need.
It can be ordered with 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB.
It appears I didn't read far enough into the article to find out that it was the old model they were talking about not being upgradable but the recently release Mac Mini can be upgraded. Sorry.
The RAM is user upgradable.
New Mac Mini - but how much RAM?
