On 14 Jan 2005, at 11:06 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
You are assuming that the Mac Mini is going to be hard to open. There is no proof of that.
Yes, I am, because according to Apple, you cannot install RAM yourself without VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY. While early reports are that Apple has a nudge-nudge-wink-wink policy and will still honor your warranty so long as you don't actually *break* anything when you open it up, it's not like other Macs where the RAM slots are designed to be user-accessible. At the very least, it seems that if you want to crack it open, you will need the $5 iPod-opening tool I linked to earlier. Even then, I expect it's not an operation for the faint-hearted. Have you seen the number of clips on that thing?
http://www.apple.com/macmini/design.html
People said the same thing about the G4 Cube when it came out.
The difference is, the top *memory* slot on the Cube *was* designed to be user-accessible, and you had Apple's blessing to add your own RAM without voiding your warranty. The Mini Mac isn't like that. Officially, any RAM has to be added by a Certified Apple Technician.
I don't think it will be hard at all to open the Mini.
I *hope* it won't be that hard -- especially with the tool I ordered -- but like I said, I don't exactly want to make a habit out of opening it.
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).
The RAM I just got from OWC this fall for my girlfriend's 12" PowerBook was not DOA -- but it just couldn't take the heat inside the 12" PowerBook. The PB would still boot fine, recognize the extra memory, etc but the bad SO-DIMM caused all kinds of weirdness, including crashing whenever you tried to repair permissions. It probably would have been okay in a cooler environment, but the little 12" PowerBook just ran too hot and the SO-DIMM couldn't take it. (The replacement RAM from OWC worked fine.) And it's a lot easier to replace the RAM on the PowerBook -- you don't even have to remove the keyboard; instead, there's a little panel on the bottom designed for easy access to the extra RAM slot.
So, for my Mini mac, I'm going to err on the side of prudence. Like I said, Crucial is one of the two suppliers Apple uses for their OEM RAM. That's worth an extra $20 to me.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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