Yes I also added a SSD drive yesterday My Mac Mini (late 2012) is the base model (4GB Ram, 500GB HDD) I added this SSD: Crucial CT512M4SSD2 with 512GB The boot up time improved drastically: Old system wit HDD: 47 seconds New system with SSD: 17 seconds Unfortunately I damaged my infrared connector by pulling out the board with still connected IR connector :-( So Infrared not working any more. Does anyone know if the infrared components are completely the same as in the 2011 model?