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\"\"<\/a>The most common question we’ve gotten since we announced the memory upgrades for the new 2012 Mac mini models is whether or not our\u00a0OWC ‘Data Doubler’ 2.5″ Hard Drive \/ SSD Installation Kit for Mac mini<\/a> fits and performs in the new model as well.<\/p>\n

I’m here to tell you that yes indeed, it works! Installation is the same as the 2011 models and both drives can negotiate SATA Revision 3.0 (6Gb\/s) speeds as shown by the benchmarks below:<\/p>\n

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Single OWC Mercury 6G SSD Benchmarks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two OWC Mercury 6G SSDs in RAID 0 benchmarks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As always, bookmark and follow the OWC Blog for all the latest updates on Apple’s new lineup of computers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most common question we’ve gotten since we announced the memory upgrades for the new 2012 Mac mini models is whether or not our\u00a0OWC ‘Data Doubler’ 2.5″ Hard Drive \/ SSD Installation Kit for Mac mini fits and performs in the new model as well. I’m here to tell you that yes indeed, it works! 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