I'm on my way to buy my new mac mini for my IOS development and I'm a bit unfamiliar with Apple products so I just want an advice from experts about that.
my budget is not that high so I have 2 options and need to know which the best i can buy for IOS development :
1) used Mac mini 2.3 quad core 16 GB of RAM with HDD 5400 1 TB (But it almost used for a year)
2) New Mac mini 2.8 dual core 8 GB of RAM with 1TB fusion drive.
Both are the same price and I'm a bit lost to decide. Any help would be much appreciated !!
Best Answer
I got the same Mac proposed to you (2.3 ghz, upgraded to 16gb RAM, but I added an SSD as primary HD). With traditional HDD was very very slow so you've to mount an SSD to use it normally so are at least 100$ more (SSD and kit to mount it if you want to keep both). The old Mac Mini is a little bit more powerful but has a badder GPU (but is powerful enough for normal use, I've got PlayStation to play!).
For your budget the newest one is better just for the Fusion Drive (I don't know his performance, but I think would very similar to an SSD).
If you've got money to add an SSD buy the oldest, for developing is better (quad core is better for xCode) and an SSD aftermarket should be faster than Fusion Drive.