It is fairly easy to swap out the sata HDD with a sata SSD, right?

taking real offense that to get the option to have more than 256g SSD you have to buy the 999; top level; mini first? You cannot even buy a SSD on the 499 entry model, you first have to step up to the 699.

Really Apple. I was looking forward to new SSD minis for the parents, but 699+200 is a bit a much.

Also realize that the Fusion Drive price includes $50 to upgrade from 500 GB to 1 TB drive. Which is like a $20 part difference.