Used the Step by Step instructions and had a partial success / partial failure. Also posted my question to Samsung help. I ordered a Mac Mini from Apple and 2 Samsung 840 Pro Series 256 gb SSD's to install with the iFixit add a 2nd hard drive kit.

Samsung is one of the biggest names when it comes to storage. While most other companies have to buy components such as controllers and NAND memory chips from various suppliers, Samsung produces everything itself.

This gives Samsung a distinct advantage in several ways and makes the company stand out among a sea of available drive manufacturers. The 850 EVO uses the 3D V-NAND technology that gives it a higher data density than many other drives and provides it with a slight advantage in performance. This 2.5-inch drive has an extremely slim 7mm profile that allows it to slide into a wide range of laptops that happen to have thin profiles.

The drive is thin enough to stack several of them in a desktop system.

Quicken 2016 for mac system requirements. Flickr/ Adding a solid state hard drive is one of the beefiest upgrades you can give a laptop or desktop. You don’t have to buy the best SSD for your laptop to get the benefits either, as even the most budget SSD runs faster than a HDD. These tiny 2.5 inch drives are easy to install in most laptop cases, and can easily be adapted to a 3.5 inch desktop drive bay as well. Installing one in your machine means reduced power consumption, better read/write speeds, a lighter and cooler machine, plus ever-important stability. It is important to note all the different benefits that come from SSDs, as you can’t simply choose a drive by whichever has the fastest sequential read/write speed. In terms of speed, it is better to go by random read/write speeds anyway since that is a more realistic use, but each drive has its strengths and weaknesses. That said, we’ve picked out five of the best SSD options for your laptop, each of which offers top performance and enterprise features at consumer prices.

Read on below to browse our top picks. Samsung 850 EVO While the indisputable performance champion of the consumer SSD universe is the, it is its little brother, the Samsung 850 EVO, that is garnered as the best value in an SSD.

If budget is not an obstacle, the Pro is an easy pick for any type of machine, but most users will get more value out of the 850 EVO, a cheaper drive which has most of the same features. For one, the 850 EVO shares its light and compact 7 mm form factor with its Pro counterpart, meaning it will easily fit into most all notebook cases as an upgrade.