Dazed and Confused Mini SSD upgrade

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i know extremely scatter brained. more research do, more confused become :(
need mentor guide me thru , gladly paypal gift that!

upgrading late 2012 mini. i7 x 4 @ 230mhz, 16 gig ram, 1 terabite 5400 hd (everymac # i7-3615qm)
stock ram upgrade did.

have3 external hd's. fw800 2t time machine 815.05g open, fw400 250g 63.81g open (also has mavericks installed)
, 200g usb2 not space left (the complete law&order series).
going add ssd (120 or 240)? owc. data doubler kit , discounted parallels 10.
us$134.00 free 7 day shipping or 2 day shipping @ us$9.80. have new copy of win 7 home premium (legal)
have many questions.
1. cold weather hurt dvd , ssd in transit?
2. deal? have been looking legal parallels 10 discounted.
3. think can physical installation of ssd
4. intimidated software stuff do. how transfer os yosemite , apps ssd including win 7 , parallels?
5. there trim enabler , yosemite deal?

have more questions stated i'm scatter brained.
start.
please forgive me rules may have fudged.
thanks.
 

lots of questions here , lots of answers on forum. when ran windows , mac on same 2012 mini used separate boot drives if 1 installation ran trouble other untouched. unless need run windows @ same time do.
 


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