Though processor speed was only marginally increased, the graphics chipset was roughly twice as fast. Introduced in June 2010, the redesigned Mac mini (Mid 2010) was wider and shorter than the previous Mac mini (Late 2009), with the same footprint as the Apple TV.
Actual usage varied with graphics load, resulting in slightly less RAM available for system use. Though reported as a 256 MB graphics system, this was actually a minimum. The Mac mini's graphics chipset used a portion of main memory as VRAM. Optical Drive: 24x/24x/16x/8x/8x/6x/4x CD-RW/DVD±RW/DVD±R DLĪudio Out: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIF, HDMI, HDMI via Mini DisplayPortĪudio In: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIF Max Resolution: 1920x1200 via HDMI, 2560x1600 via Mini Displayport Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction And then, of course, a restart to make sure what QuickLook Satellite hasn't crashed or is stuck trying to render some video file or something.CPU: Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo (P7xxx/P8xxx) I'd do everything I can to reduce the number of Finder windows, file icons, previews and other things that are visible or hidden behind other windows. Maybe also if you have a cluttered desktop with lots of icons. I'd imagine that icon and especially Cover Flow view use Quicklook Satellite a lot, so you may want to avoid them. Do you have a lot of Finder windows open? Or a lot of tabs in a Finder window? If you are using Column View, maybe choose View, Hide Preview. It can take up a lot of processor power when you have a large graphic or video selected. It can even open many Word documents.Īs for "QuickLook Satellite," that is what will show you a preview of whatever you have selected in the Finder. If you just need to write some text or view a document for reading, try TextEdit. TextEdit will be a lot less demanding on your CPU and GPU than Word. One thing you may want to try if you really want to stick it out with your old mini is to try using lightweight apps like Numbers, Pages and even TextEdit when you can. Word and Excel are very pro-level apps that can be pretty demanding. If performance is what you want, then expecting it out of a Mac mini is like expecting it out of a low-priced economy car.
8GB of RAM is only one thing, the GPU memory is important too. Mac minis not only have budget processors, but also budget GPU (graphics chips).
You are talking about an 8-year-old Mac that was one of the slowest of the line even when it came out 8 years ago.
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