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Then why not the current p/GB sweet spot, a 3TB disk?

There are no 2.5" 3TB drives, and even if one existed, it would be 12.5mm (or more), which may be too thick for Mac mini (standard 2.5" drive thickness is 9.5mm).

But there are 2TB 9.5mm drives, which would still be far better than a 500GB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178...

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