I was concerned about the 1TB 5400RPM hard drive because I've been using SSDs since they went mainstream a few years

It is not slow by any means, in fact, it runs very similar to my 2012 with 8gb ram and a 1tb sad

It has the 2.6 ghz Dual Core Haswell processor with 8 gb of RAM at 1600 MHz, Intel Iris graphics and a 5400 rpm 1 TB hard drive

For the 2.6 GHz model, I replaced the 1 TB hard drive with a Crucial MX 200 512 GB SSD drive to improve the speed.

For the 2.6 GHz model, I replaced the 1 TB hard drive with a Crucial MX 200 512 GB SSD drive to improve the speed.

I converted the internal 1TB hard drive to be my storage drive

The 1TB of storage is enough (for now).The Mac Mini is easy to tote around, just unplug my power cable, HDMI, and pack those and my computer into my bag

The mini is a great computer, but I ordered this one with a 1TB hard drive