![]() But it caused a 30-second delay each time my mac booted up. It’s fast, it’s USB-C Gen 2, and it’s cheap. The external SSD drive on my new mac mini is faster than the internal non-PCIe SSD drive on my previous mac mini. An external SSD drive plugged in via USB-C will only be 1/5 the speed of the new internal PCIe drives, but it’s still fast. So unless you want a very high-end solution, you’ll be fine using an external SSD over USB. USB-C Gen 2 can handle the speeds of most (but not all) SSD drives. I chose to buy the smaller (and cheaper) 250GB Mac Mini and supplement it with a 500GB external SSD drive. But thanks to the USB-C interface on the new Mac Mini, an external SSD drive is now a good option. ![]() Unlike previous models, you cannot upgrade the internal hard drive. The hard drives in the new 2018 Mac mini are PCIe which means they are very fast, but also expensive.
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