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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:
>> > 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>
>
> Actually, this is what I have: 
> http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=214A54E2A5CA7304 
> ... but that Dabile's comment said 16 GB of RAM didn't work?

vteeroy said it worked great. Neither of them mention what make and
model computer they had though, so as far as we know, Dabile wasn't
upgrading a Mac mini at all, but some other machine.

> I am confused. Is it safe to install 16 GB of RAM or not?  Apple says 8 
> GB is the max.

<http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/actual-maximum-ram-capacity-of-macs.html>

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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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