Oh my, the amount of mis-information in this thread is astonishing.
Just go to OWC like people have recommended. There's no point going through all this trouble to save $50. Its not like your new 1GB stick of RAM actually works. Its just a waste of money.
And you don't need 1GB of RAM. I have a 1GHz PB, which is slower than your Mac Mini. I had 512MB of RAM (2 x 256MB sticks) in it for 15 months, and it ran great. The only reason I needed to get a 1GB stick is because I needed more RAM than you. Why? Because I've had iTunes, Safari and Firefox (with about 8 Tabs open in each browser), Mail, Word, Excel, and 4 or 5 PDF documents that were between 10 to 50 pages all open at the same time.
That's a lot of large PDFs. That's a lot of websites. I did this regularly, as I was doing my Masters.
Now I'm doing a PhD, and there will be many occasions where I'll need to have many massive PDF documents and research websites open. You don't. I had 512MB on a system slower than the Mac Mini, and it ran great when I wasn't doing craploads of research. Get 512MB.
If you get 1GB, it would be nice, but it would be like getting a Porsche just to drive to the grocery store.
Just go to OWC like people have recommended. There's no point going through all this trouble to save $50. Its not like your new 1GB stick of RAM actually works. Its just a waste of money.
And you don't need 1GB of RAM. I have a 1GHz PB, which is slower than your Mac Mini. I had 512MB of RAM (2 x 256MB sticks) in it for 15 months, and it ran great. The only reason I needed to get a 1GB stick is because I needed more RAM than you. Why? Because I've had iTunes, Safari and Firefox (with about 8 Tabs open in each browser), Mail, Word, Excel, and 4 or 5 PDF documents that were between 10 to 50 pages all open at the same time.
That's a lot of large PDFs. That's a lot of websites. I did this regularly, as I was doing my Masters.
Now I'm doing a PhD, and there will be many occasions where I'll need to have many massive PDF documents and research websites open. You don't. I had 512MB on a system slower than the Mac Mini, and it ran great when I wasn't doing craploads of research. Get 512MB.
If you get 1GB, it would be nice, but it would be like getting a Porsche just to drive to the grocery store.