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Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Tommie Milwaukee
Date: March 16, 2012 07:43PM
Does the latest entry level i5 Mini come with an empty ram slot, or did Apple put a pair of 1gb chips in there? I have a 2gb stick here & It'd be nice to have that empty slot.
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: bruceko
Date: March 16, 2012 07:48PM
pair of 1 gig
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Tommie Milwaukee
Date: March 16, 2012 07:49PM
That sucks!
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Black
Date: March 16, 2012 07:55PM
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Tommie Milwaukee
That sucks!

Maybe, but what would free Monday be like without all the useless RAM pulls?


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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: rgG
Date: March 16, 2012 08:35PM
You could get up to three though.




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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Tommie Milwaukee
Date: March 16, 2012 09:18PM
I don't think 3 is enough to run Lion efficiently. Guess I'll have to spring for more ram ... it's still cheap.
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: silvarios
Date: March 17, 2012 12:51AM
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Tommie Milwaukee
I don't think 3 is enough to run Lion efficiently. Guess I'll have to spring for more ram ... it's still cheap.

How do MacBook Air users with 2GB RAM manage? Seems like this could be a problem.
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: jdc
Date: March 17, 2012 01:14AM
It's $35 for 8 gigs -- quit yer bitchin. =)

I'd spend the $110 for 16 gigs myself...


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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: LaserKun
Date: March 17, 2012 06:47AM
2 GB RAM is fine with Lion; been running it since last July 20th on me present MacBook. But, with RAM prices as low as mentioned above, I would add more to the mini - me, I'm getting a new Mac soon anyway, so not adding to mine.



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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Black
Date: March 17, 2012 08:35AM
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silvarios
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Tommie Milwaukee
I don't think 3 is enough to run Lion efficiently. Guess I'll have to spring for more ram ... it's still cheap.

How do MacBook Air users with 2GB RAM manage? Seems like this could be a problem.

2 GB of RAM is fine with an SSD (typing from Lion with 2 GB RAM on an MBA now.)

Without an SSD you're gonna get spinning beachball city at least some of the time with anything under 8 GB these days. Starting with Snow Leopard, not just Lion.


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2012 08:36AM by Black.
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Re: Question for 2011 Mini users
Posted by: Buzz
Date: March 17, 2012 03:33PM
W_O_R_L_D of difference between 4GB and 16GB on i7 MBP w/ Lion... no SSD though.
I like Black's invoking the SSD option, but as has been noted, w/ the cheap price of RAM for laptops/Minis/iMacs, there's no reason to skimp on RAM; skip a meal and a couple of lattes, and the RAM is maxed out.

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