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OWC Offers 16GB RAM Upgrade for New Mac Mini, For $1400
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Are you one of those people that think you need a Mac Pro to surf the web and watch youtube? Your mentality tells me you are. Even at the low end the 2.3GHz i5 is far from a "mom" CPU.
When I think mom I think Atom.
or or or....
build your own SFF PC for far less than that...
I hate that Apple essentially forces practical people into less practical solutions -- such as -- "Desktop class hardware is cheaper and performs better than mobile-grade hardware... damnit, do I have to build a hackintosh AGAIN???"
This has happened to me many times.
ALSO, to whoever [-1]'d this, I'd appreciate to know why. Seriously.
-Clive
build your own SFF PC for far less than that...
I hate that Apple essentially forces practical people into less practical solutions -- such as -- "Desktop class hardware is cheaper and performs better than mobile-grade hardware... damnit, do I have to build a hackintosh AGAIN???"
This has happened to me many times.
ALSO, to whoever [-1]'d this, I'd appreciate to know why. Seriously.
-Clive
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Reminds me of an old saying
From the auto hot-rodding industry:
Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?
From the auto hot-rodding industry:
Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?
Reminds me of another old saying
Another old saying from amateur auto racing:
You can't turn a pig into a thoroughbred. But you can make a really fast pig.
That's why we [-1]-d your post Clive. Same old "fast pig" argument. Zzzzz.
Another old saying from amateur auto racing:
You can't turn a pig into a thoroughbred. But you can make a really fast pig.
That's why we [-1]-d your post Clive. Same old "fast pig" argument. Zzzzz.
Speed is not the issue here, it's physical size. If Apple were to use regular DDR instead of SO-DIMM modules, 16 gigs would cost a fraction of that.
"Fast pig" is a terrible assumption that people on this site use far too often.
I've made the argument many, many times that Apple could make an elegant, modular, small form-factor Mac.
They don't because it's not a profit-pimp.
p.s., do you automatically 1-up your own posts? low-class, sir.
Maybe they can give a little handout to the U.S. government. Apple has More Money than the U.S. Government.
I have a ThinkPad w520 with 16G memory in my lap right now. The cost of the memory through my employer was $33 per 4G or $132 total.
I asked for a 15" MacBook Pro but unfortunately needed 16G memory for my work - and the cost of the MBP shot to over $3500 by the time the memory was considered, ergo I got stuck with a ThinkPad.
Sam
you needed 16 gig for your work and considered a MBP which at max is an 8 gig mem so apparently MBP was out of the question unless there's a manufacturer that can provide 16 gig mem ( 2 x 8gig ) for MBP
that you have considered. you needed 16 gig for your work and considered a MBP which at max is an 8 gig mem so apparently MBP was out of the question unless there's a manufacturer that can provide 16 gig mem ( 2 x 8gig ) for MBP
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/1333DDR3S16P/