Base Mac mini still has slower storage than any other configuration
The greater disappointment with the New Mac mini is that it no longer has a slotted SSD, meaning it's not even theoretically possible to upgrade the storage as it was before. But now new benchmark testing by Japanese technology site AAPL Ch has revealed that Apple's SSD is slower in some configurations than others, as it has historically been. It comes down to how the storage is physically configured within the Mac mini.
- ▪The greater disappointment with the New Mac mini is that it no longer has a slotted SSD, meaning it's not even theoretically possible to upgrade the storage as it was before.
- ▪But now new benchmark testing by Japanese technology site AAPL Ch has revealed that Apple's SSD is slower in some configurations than others, as it has historically been.
- ▪It comes down to how the storage is physically configured within the Mac mini.
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News Base Mac mini still has slower storage than any other configuration William Gallagher 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Wed Sep 23 2026, 09:36 AM EDT · 1 minute read M4 Mac mini review The 256GB configuration of the new M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini features storage that's around half the speed of that in other models, although it's still faster than the previous generation. The greater disappointment with the New Mac mini is that it no longer has a slotted SSD, meaning it's not even theoretically possible to upgrade the storage as it was before. But now new benchmark testing by Japanese technology site AAPL Ch has revealed that Apple's SSD is slower in some configurations than others, as it has historically been.
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