256 RAM? it's not enough, is it?

53buick · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:16 am Post subject: 256 RAM? it's not enough, is it?

aight, i ordered my mini on feb 7th.
here's what i ordered:
1.25 Ghz/40 gig harddrive/ airport card/ 256 mb of ram.

i was reading about bluetooth cause i didn't know anything about it and decided that i wanted to add that to my order. so i did that last night.

now i'm thinking i want to just go ahead and kick the ram up to 512.
my understanding is that you can't upgrade the ram without voiding the warranty?

so should i call and change the order AGAIN or just wait and upgrade it at my local mac authorized dealer. OR is it really a big deal to upgrade the ram? could i do it myself? I've upgraded ram in a ton of pc's, my emac, my iBook and i even replaced the harddrive in my dual usb iBook.

projected shipping is on or before march 10th and i can't stand the wait!

also why does adding 512 only cost $75
but 1 gig is $325 (shouldn't that be around $150?)
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andp · Senior Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 358

I would let it alone. You stand the chance of your order getting pushed back more and more. I would keep the 256MB and when you gt it throw 1GB in it. It's not hard to install and does not void your warranty. Plus Apple memory is expensive so even if you uprade to 512 on your own you'll end up saving some money! Very Happy

tjm549 · New Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 17

256MB is not near enough. Let Apple ship it as you have it and put more memory in yourself.

"now i'm thinking i want to just go ahead and kick the ram up to 512.
my understanding is that you can't upgrade the ram without voiding the warranty?"

No way how would they ever even prove that? Worse comes to worse throw the old chip in. I think its a mute point anyway because everything I've read says they allow it.

bubba · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

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53buick · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject:

Hoffer · Junior Member Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 39

I ordered mine with 256 megs of RAM. I booted it up and played around for 5 minutes before shutting down and installing a 1 gig RAM chip.
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iMav · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:42 am Post subject:

Many have reported that this RAM works very well with the Mac Mini. (and at $149, it is a great deal)
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bubba · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

iMav · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject:

jase · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

Yep. I ordered the same memory as mavherzog. It's sitting at home, taunting me with its presence, awaiting the arrival of my Mini. Newegg's always been good to me, and their prices are usually great.

lennon1 · New Member Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 8

I've never heard of PQI but it's a good price at 149 and free shipping!

idave · Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 463


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