Actually that's not that bad for the labor charge and that's about
right for the ram if its Apple ram. You can use third-party ram, but
if you get the Apple Care, it wouldn't cover it, the ram that is,
under the warranty. Let me say that the Apple Care is well worth the
money. The DVD drive on my Imac crapped out and it would cost me about
$350 to replace, but being I neglected to get the damned Apple Care
from the start and I wasted a year forgetting, I didn't get it and now
I have a busted DVD drive and no plans to replace it. I guess if I get
the guts up to take this sucker apart, I'll buy a third-party drive
and replace it, but hell, at 1/3 the cost, might as well get myself a
new Mac. Keep this one and use it as a test box or just of course get
an external drive which I'll probably do. My wife has had her G5 and
we also have a Mini and neither has given us any problems. I think my
machine was just one of those built on a Monday or something. grin I
was lucky and got the main board replace just before the warranty ran
out, so this one has some history.
Luckily, this isn't normal for Apple.
Scott
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On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:19 PM, John Heim wrote:
Yeah, I went and took a look at a Mac Mini yesterday at the computer
store at the University of Wisconsin. They said there would be a $35
charge to put an extra gig of ram in a Mac Mini. $90 for the RAM
itself.
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: A good starter machine, what to get?
You can in fact upgrade the ram in a Mini. It just has to be done
by someone who knows what the hell their doing. I obtained a url to
a site that explains upgrading some of the Macs and let me tell
you, I got a distinct tighten in a certain orifice just reading
the descriptions. Its not something you'd take lightly cause
there's a lot of stuff you can surely screw up in these machines.
This is the price for packing it all in as tight as they do.
Scott
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On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:10 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ok, well there's a big problem with the Mac Mini in my view, once
you choose the configuration you want then you cannot change it
because the unit is sealed. For example, suppose you order a Mac
Mini with 512 meg of Ram then that's what you've got and that's
the end. I myself would go for an Imac or if you're looking for
something portable, a Macbook.
I just purchased an Imac, I didn't buy the new model I bought the
slightly older one and I got a good deal, I'll be upgrading memory
shortly.
I have a Mac Mini and its prime job these days is an audio
recorder, soon to become video recorder if my research and
homework pay off <smile>.
On 05/09/2007, at 4:02 PM, Jed Barton wrote:
Hey guys,
Alright, it's time to make the plunge. Any ideas for a starter
mac, that
can do the following.
As long as I can do email, web surfing, and some audio editing,
I'm happy.
As long as voiceover doesn't burp every time you hit a key.
Graphics aren't
my thing obviously. I've heard a lot about the mac minny.
Any thoughts? I think a desktop or something along those lines
would be the
way to go.
Any thoughts?
Sincerest Regards,
Jed
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