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| From | Craig Harrison <email@domain.com> |
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On 2013-12-05 21:56:54 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > On 2013-12-05, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote: >> Hello. >> >> 4 GB of RAM is not enough for my Mac Mini (mid-2011; updated Mac OS X >> 10.7.5) since I multitask and run with VMware Fusion Pro (v6.0.2) for >> testing purposes. According to About This Mac, it has both memory slots >> in used (2 GB each; can't add more to it? :(). I would like to >> maximimize this RAM out. According to its tiny hardcopy manual, I can go >> up to 8 GB of RAM in total (4 GB each) with: >> -Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (SO-DIMM) format. >> -1333 MHz, PC3-10600E, DDR3 complaint (DDR3 1333) >> -Unbuffered and unregistered >> >> It says I can order new RAM from Apple store, but I cannot seem to find >> it on apple.com? Did I miss it with my search and manual navigations? >> How about third parties like from Amazon, CDW, etc. if Apple's prices >> are higher? Are they safe/better to use? >> >> Thank you in advance. :) > > Looks like you can jam 16GB in there: > > <http://blog.macsales.com/11292-owc-announces-industry’s-first-16gb-ram-upgrade-for-latest-apple-mac-mini-models> > > > <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i5-2.3-mid-2011-specs.html> > > > I wouldn't advise anyone to purchase RAM from Apple, because it's almost > always cheaper to purchase even name brand RAM elsewhere. > > I purchase all of my RAM these days from Crucial, and have literally > never been displeased. Here's Crucial's RAM upgrade page for the > mid-2011 Mac mini: > > <http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac%20mini%20(Mid%202011)&Cat=RAM> > Seconded. I have Crucial upgrade in all 3 Mac machine here. My 2012 Hexacore MacPro (16 gig 4x4gb) My 2011 MacBook Pro i5 2.3 (16gig 2x8gb) Also has a 480gb Crucial M500 SSD My Wifes 2013 MacMini i5 (again 16gig 2x8gb) I am totally impressed with all of them, the best price, decent delivery times and second to none customer service. I cannot recommend Crucial enough, and no I do not work for them. Regards Craig.
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Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-05 15:29 -0600
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-05 21:56 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 17:43 -0500
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-05 17:26 -0600
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 00:20 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-05 18:47 -0600
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2013-12-05 21:09 -0500
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-05 21:08 -0600
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-05 22:30 -0500
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 04:02 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-06 00:08 -0500
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Craig Harrison <email@domain.com> - 2013-12-08 20:41 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-09 00:33 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-06 17:52 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-06 13:28 -0600
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-06 21:25 +0000
Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-07 09:40 -0600
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