Playback on base mini a bit laggy

[USB123]

Hi all,
I have a base Mac mini, with 4GB of RAM and no upgrades (see signature). I don't use photoshop or heavy applications but I watched a 2-hour movie online in full-screen last night and noticed after about an hour the playback was like in "slight" slow-motion and got a little bit slower.
I was wondering would the lagging problem be solved by installing extra RAM, and if so would I be better off getting either the 8 or 16GB of RAM? Or is it because of the Intel HD graphics 4000?
Thanks.

[philipma1957]

may just be your internet connection.

sometimes the provider slows you down on what they think is heavy usage.


I will say ram is cheap it does not hurt to have 8gb.

[baller1308]

Your Mac Mini should be able to handle it without any issues. You have plenty of ram and the integrated graphics should be able to handle it with ease. Getting more ram won't help. The most likely culprit is your internet bandwidth. How fast is your internet and who is your internet provider?

[USB123]

Originally Posted by baller1308

Your Mac Mini should be able to handle it without any issues. You have plenty of ram and the integrated graphics should be able to handle it with ease. Getting more ram won't help. The most likely culprit is your internet bandwidth. How fast is your internet and who is your internet provider?

Its a 50MB wireless broadband service, practically unlimited monthly download allowance. I got the actual download/upload speeds off speedtest.net:

[philipma1957]

Originally Posted by USB123

Its a 50MB wireless broadband service, practically unlimited monthly download allowance. I got the actual download/upload speeds off speedtest.net:

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yeah you could still be streaming from a slow site. and like it or not wireless is very very very very inconsistent . Can you hard wire the connection to test?