Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 14 Jan 2005, at 10:34 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
So does OWC. Egghead has even better prices. But like I said, I'm extremely wary of generic cheap RAM, especially in a tiny little box like the Mac mini. It's going to get hot in there. Lots of places have better deals than Crucial, and everyone reputable has a "lifetime warranty," but I want the same RAM Apple uses (Crucial or Samsung, and Samsung is even more expensive).
Which is why you should have gone with Datamem. Lifetime Memory Replacement Guarantee. I believe OWC does that as well.
Eric, *everyone* has "lifetime memory replacement guarantee." I would not even consider ordering from somewhere that didn't. But I want RAM that I *won't* have to replace, ever.
In my existance with computers, which has been 20 of my 30 years, I have had FOUR Ram chips die. And they were dead before I put them in a computer (probably my fault, but I doubt it).
Like I said, I got excellent service from OWC as well -- they did the same "cross-ship" deal. But given that I risk VOIDING MY WARRANTY every time I crack open the Mac mini (since the memory is not technically user-upgradeable), I want memory that is ***extremely*** unlikely to go bad in the first place, even when it's placed in a tiny enclosure that no doubt runs incredibly hot. That means reliable brand names like Crucial or Samsung, not the cheap generic RAM most places sell. Besides, Datamem's cheapest 1 GB PC2700 stick is only $20 less expensive than Crucial! If I were going to go cheap, I would go with Newegg, or 1-800-4-MEMORY.
I said this in my last post -- if it were easy to get at the RAM in a Mac mini, I would happily buy the cheapest RAM I could find that still had a lifetime replacement guarantee. But it's not, so I didn't.
You are assuming that the Mac Mini is going to be hard to open. There is no proof of that. People said the same thing about the G4 Cube when it came out. I don't think it will be hard at all to open the Mini. When I get mine, that is the first thing I will do. Crack it open and stick a Gig stick of Datamem memory in. Second thing will be putting Finale 2005 on. I think I have 1 more free license left.......
Speaking of licenses. Finale support is very good about transfering them to other computers. At least last time I had to do that........
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