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	@MrGLWatson Nov '20 has anyone bought the new mac mini? i was wondering how good it would be for SwiftUI development, so what spec did you get? 3
	@MarcusKay Nov '20 The only spec you get to choose is storage: 256 GB v/s 512 GB. Is there a difference in Xcode performance? yes. I don't have one myself, but I have done a quick test, by downloading one of my projects on it and testing that way. So, yes, autocomplete showing much faster, and build times "feeling" faster. I did not do any thorough testing, but people seem to be happy with it so far. Is it worth the upgrade? I would say if your current mac mini is a couple years old, and you are looking for an upgrade anyway, then yea, it might be worth it. Otherwise, and this is a personal opinion, I would rather wait for the next generation of chips. My mac mini is just about 1 year old now, and while it can be slow at times, I don't have deadlines to worry about. I just use it for coding. 2
	@MrGLWatson Nov '20 Thanks Marcus, my Mac Mini is a 2012, with 16Gb ram and a 500Gb SSD. As such its fine for the small developments I do, but it is time for a new one. I will probably go for the maxed out new Mac Mini, but just wanted to be sure before I go off and order it. 3
	@jfranknichols Dec '20 I would recommend not getting the max'ed out mini. That is $200. For a few dollars more you can get an external 1T drive. Then keep only system etc on the internal, and every thing else external. You will not feel any difference. I keep my projects on external 1T drives and it works fine. 2

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