OWC Offers 16GB RAM Upgrade for New Mac Mini, For $1400

[zen.state]

Sorry but if you need 16GB of RAM in the first place then why would you be using a Mac Mini? If you have a $1400 RAM budget then you seem much more like a Mac Pro candidate.

Besides.. 8GB is only $80. Anyone using a Mac mini should never need more than 8GB.

 

[dawnrazor]

Goodness - I put 16GB of Samsung RAM in my iMac and it only cost me $200. Score one for the iMac over the Mac Mini....

 

[the8thark]

In $US.

16GB Ram Mac Mini at it's cheapest is
$599 (Mini) + $1400 (Ram) = $1999

16GB Ram for iMac also through OWC (to keep a similar comparison)
($41.99 each 4GB stick)
$1699 (low end 27 iMac) + $167.96 (Ram) = $1866.96

So why would a Mini with 16GB Ram at these prices be any good?

 

[anthorumor]

Just buy a couple standard config minis and cluster them together. Then you may have your supercomputer (plus, a few stacked up mac minis will still take up a smaller footprint than, say, a Mac Pro..)

 

[Fwink!]

I had a problem with a trade-in upgrade from OWC that was never resolved to my satisfaction. Apparently if you don't send your ram to them in some special way they will "lose" it. And then you don't get your refund. Nice. That was my experience.

 

[Navdakilla]

Wow! But like all things tech. The price will fall like everything else

Im happy with 8 for now

Edit: wtf ?... Those pics are ... Wtf?!.!.?

 

[johnhw]

Really Expensive. Heck, so expensive that you could buy 64GB ECC RAM (8x8) for $200 less for the Mac Pro.

 

[mr.steevo]

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Pricey modules!

 

[Minority_taxi]

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Ummmm, aren't these cheaper? http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC850G/A

 

[the8thark]

Ummmm, aren't these cheaper? http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC850G/A

And probably a better brand than OWC too.

 

[scottsjack]

And probably a better brand than OWC too.

Laptop memory is different than desktop memory. See what OWC charges for 8GB desktop sticks.

 

[Darwing]

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Only apple would think this was a good price, they hike up prices to see what Mac nerds will pay and unfortunately for us they do pay, which is why you can buy 100gig of PC ram for that price.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

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Ummmm, aren't these cheaper? http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC850G/A

That type of memory doesn't fit into a Mac Mini. It's not SO-DIMM.

 

[diddl14]

For the price of a MacMini + 16Gb you can build one hell of a HackingT0sh.

 

[vetman35]

I can buy a whole new ThinkPad with 16GB RAM for little more than that price of RAM!

This Thinkpad has 4 sodimm slots.

 

[ezekielrage_99]

Yeah, ....... No thanks.

I was under the impression that the mobile Sandy Bridge were limited to using 8GB RAM however would recognise 16GB RAM.

 

[nwcs]

Mighty expensive. But I remember paying $480 for 16MB of RAM for my old LC III back in the day...

 

[Shagrat]

...Seriously, reading and comprehension on this board is severely lacking.

You don't say!

 

[gullySn0wCat]

$1400 for 16gb RAM? Might as well spend the extra few hundred bux and get a Mac Pro ;-)

 

[Arcadie]

If you are doing something that requires 16GB of ram, you should not have purchased a computer with the word "mini" in the name...

 

[gmcalpin]

And probably a better brand than OWC too.

Why do you keep posting utter drivel in this thread?

OWC is a FANTASTIC brand. They make top-notch products and have impeccable customer support. Their SSDs are widely considered one of the best on the market (some would say THE best), and their Mercury enclosures are the only ones that exist, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Krevnik]

The Mini uses laptop memory (SO-DIMMs). OWC's price isn't that far off what it would cost you from Amazon or Newegg, and OWC is promising that it will work.

I'm trying to find actual 8GB SO-DIMMS that aren't listed as a pair of 4GB modules. Not having a ton of luck. Seems OWC wants to be the first to market on this, even if it is priced outside most people's reach?

 

[Adidas Addict]

In $US.

16GB Ram Mac Mini at it's cheapest is
$599 (Mini) + $1400 (Ram) = $1999

16GB Ram for iMac also through OWC (to keep a similar comparison)
($41.99 each 4GB stick)
$1699 (low end 27 iMac) + $167.96 (Ram) = $1866.96

So why would a Mini with 16GB Ram at these prices be any good?

I can fit a 27" iMac under my TV

 

[mwayne85]

Hmm... Let's see. 8GBs for $80... or for 17.5x that price I can get 16GBs for $1400 bucks... So hard to decide here.

 

[zen.state]

And probably a better brand than OWC too.

There are actually only about 4 companies in the world that make RAM. OWC, Crucial whatever.. they don't me their own RAM. They buy RAM and put their sticker on it.