Hey, that'll fit on top of my PC tower!

Post #189,791 by altmann 1/11/05 3:25:20 PM Reply	Hey, that'll fit on top of my PC tower! I may just have to pick one up. Very nice. -- Chris Altmann
Post #189,793 by altmann 1/11/05 3:38:46 PM Reply	One sour note From [link\|http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html\|http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html] : "Memory upgrade must be performed by an Apple Authorized Service provider" So the usual "buy your RAM from a 3rd party that doesn't overcharge" plan may not work for the Mac Mini. But I still think I'll get one. -- Chris Altmann
Post #189,795 by bepatient 1/11/05 3:41:45 PM Reply	They always say that. It looks like it may be tough to get the top off...but once off the ram is easy to access. There's a top-off pic on the specs page. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #189,815 by folkert 1/11/05 4:38:37 PM 1/16/05 12:33:34 AM Reply	The trick is in one of the photos. It snaps apart. You have to have either 3 pieces of thin sheet metal or the equivalent to a buncha finger with flat head screw drivers on them. Once you do that the fingers in the mini look like they slide right out. No screws at all to hold the cover on, from the looks of it. /me thinks of many ways to mod this thing To go a bit further, based on the pictures from MacNews.de and the ones on Apples Site (both of which I have mirrored locally) My suspicions are confirmed: [link\|http://www.gregfolkert.net/pics/technical/MacMini/designinsides20050111.jpg\|The uncased Picture from Apple.com] and [link\|http://www.gregfolkert.net/pics/technical/MacMini/P1020297.jpg\|This picture from MacNews.de] show a recipe for easy pickings. If you look closely you'll see what I mean. The front is visible in both picture. Plus you can see the Fingers in the Apple Pic, and the "Ventilation" holes in the MacNews pic. Betchya the have a "Fingers" setup for them. Tell ya one thing... these things are easy to put together once apart. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Edited by folkert Jan. 16, 2005, 12:33:34 AM EST Expand All History
Post #189,797 by SpiceWare 1/11/05 3:48:04 PM Reply	Not too bad for 512 MB Only $75 for 512 MB, however the $425 for 1GB is more than I paid for 2GB for my iMac G5. Other upgrades are: $100 to upgrade to Superdrive (for DVD burning, included Combo Drive can burn CDs and read DVDs) $50 Bluetooth $79 Airport Extreme Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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