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Re: Upgrading RAM to the max(imum) on my work's Mac Mini (mid-2011)...

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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>

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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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