Speed up 2008 Mac Mini

okay picked 3 year old mac mini $90 , great value has 1gb of ram means lion no go. 2 or 3 gb in there , maybe new hard drive. know type of ram i'll need install , how should paying? i've installed ram in mac mini before putty knives know how it. cheers

 

okay important 2008 core2duo not core duo post links

install video

http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/mac_mini_06-08_mem_hd_opt/


if has 1gb of ram pair of .5gb sticks or 1 1gb stick.

if have 1 1gb stick need 2gb stick

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/other world computing/5300ddr2s2gb/



ddr2 pc2-5300 2gb price above of 32 dollars meh should find less.

if machine has pair of .5gb sticks buy 2 2gb sticks , dump both .5gb sticks. model use 3.1 3.3 gb of 4gb. pair of 2gb sticks tiny bit quicker 1gb , 2gb. money wise buying pair 2gb sticks makes sense if machine has .5gb sticks. buying 1 2gb stick makes sense if machine has single 1gb stick in it.


1 more thing since machine open drop hdd in it. scorpio blacks pretty good.

here amazon uk links:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/western-dig...3ekq/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&qid=1310132765&sr=8-1


nice hdd


http://www.amazon.co.uk/western-dig...e4pq/ref=sr_1_5?ie=utf8&qid=1310132765&sr=8-5

better


http://www.amazon.co.uk/wd-scorpio-...j5og/ref=sr_1_4?ie=utf8&qid=1310132765&sr=8-4

best


http://www.amazon.co.uk/crucial-200...qrtg/ref=sr_1_2?ie=utf8&qid=1310132927&sr=8-2 ram

 

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