“My 6 year old Mac Mini has an Intel Core i7 with a 2.3 GHz processor speed. It is very slow starting up. Will the Intel i5 (3.8GHz) as pictured above solve this problem or will I need to look for an Intel Core i7?”
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Sal, this sounds like a late 2012 Mac Mini. It will be slow starting up if you have the stock 1 TB 5400 RPM hard drive that the computer originally shipped with. I purchased a 480 GB SSD from Other World Computing (OWC) and got great use out of that for 4 more years until I sold the Mini in January 2017.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Startup time has more to do with the hard drive than the processor. I had an older iMac with a regular 7200rpm drive. I thought the startup time was OK. UNTIL, I bought an iMac with a fusion drive (part SSD/part 7200 rpm drive). The startup time is so much faster. It would be even faster if I installed a larger SSD drive. But this is plenty fast enough on the startup. I would say I'm typing in my password within 10 seconds of hitting the power button. I am ready to start working within 30-45 seconds after I press the power button.
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