Darcy James Argue wrote:
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
That doesn't mean anything. So, you are going to spend an extra $60 plus to install your own Ram, yet you are still going to void the warranty? I don't get it. If you can open it once........you can do it again.
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.
Doesn't say that. Apple says:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300572
"Additional memory should be installed by an Apple Authorized Service Provider." Nothing about losing your warranty.
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.
Well, its more than $20 but whatever..........it's more like $60 to $80. And you still are opening the Mini.........as you said you were getting the RAM from Crucial. So, basically, you are still running the risk of Voiding your warranty, damaging your Mini, and buying ram that is way expensive........what was your point?
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