Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-08 Thread Kayaker
Hi, If I were doing it, I would max out the RAM at 16 Gb. The cost of that RAM is relatively inexpensive and RAM is one thing you will notice if you run a lot of apps. The Apple specs say they only support 8G because at the time of the release, I think there were only 4Gb modules that fit it.

Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-08 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Thank you so much for your help! Kristeen On Apr 8, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Kayaker sea...@me.com wrote: Hi, If I were doing it, I would max out the RAM at 16 Gb. The cost of that RAM is relatively inexpensive and RAM is one thing you will notice if you run a lot of apps. The Apple specs say

Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-07 Thread Kayaker
Hello, Looks like the responses you got were superficial so far. I'm assuming you mean your Mac Mini has a model identifier of 4,1 and not a, there is no such thing as an a. This would make it an early 2010 MacMin, and what I consider the best Mac Mini out there. It still can run snow leopard

Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-07 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Thank you so much for this note. It was very helpful. I wrote it wrong, it was not an A as you knew already. Again thank you for being so very precise and sharing the knowledge with me. So it will not hurt it to support 16 gig? Wold it be any better to just do eight? I do love this model as it

Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-05 Thread Kristeen Hughes
My Mini is a 4,a and it curently has 2 slots with a 2 gig in each slot. I am wondering how to upgrade it. Can I put two 8 GB in? What am I looking for as far as gigahertz? When I look at my system information it says 1067. I don't see that number available and I'm wondering if that number can

Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-05 Thread Daniel C
If the board supports 16GB, then 2 8GB sticks should be ok. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com wrote: My Mini is a 4,a and it curently has 2 slots with a 2 gig in each slot. I am wondering how to upgrade it. Can I put two 8 GB in? What am I

Re: Memory for a Mac Mini

2014-04-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
hi, Your best bet is to visit http://www.everymac.com and it has everything you'll need to know regarding max memory, how to change and places you can purchase the RAM. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 5, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com wrote: My