However, two weeks ago we devised an additional test that would show more clearly the effects, if any, of different amounts of RAM. There is no evidence that the performance of the 1.25GHz Mac mini is in anyway impaired at 256MB of RAM. The results are virtually identical within normal statistical variation for our Mac mini using 256MB or 512MB of RAM. *Faster = higher scores and lower seconds. Here are the results using our standard suite of speed tests using both "canned benchmarks" and "real world" tests. Thankfully, the second time we opened our Mac mini was much easier than the first.
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To install the RAM in our Mac mini, we had to "crack" open its case again with our 4" putty knife.
We actually received a faster 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz module so perhaps a shortage of the slower PC2700 RAM may explain the recent price increase.
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Unfortunately, the price of PC2700 DDR RAM jumped up in the past week from the recent mid-$60's so our module cost $84, plus $8.62 overnight delivery by DHL.
We ordered a 512MB PC2700 DDR 333MHz RAM module on line and received it Friday. Finally, we got a few emails from readers following our initial 1.25GHz Mac mini speed test suggesting that we test our Mac mini with 512MB RAM to confirm our conclusions drawn from our earlier test of an upgraded G4 Cube. And Macworld Magazine, the icon of Mac media, wrote in the con list of their review, "Doesn’t come with enough memory." We even read a piece that claimed that using the Mac mini was no fun after switching back from 512MB to 256MB RAM. Mac" Levitus, the famous Mac Guru, said so in his segment on last week's The Mac Night Owl LIVE internet radio show ( listen to it here). Bury the Megabyte Myth, a 1.25 GHz Mac mini with 512MB RAM-How Fast Is It? Isn't 256MB RAM enough for the Mac mini? We think so, of course, for the Mac mini's intended market but why are so many saying/writing that it's not? Usually, the first thing out of their mouth when getting to the cons of the Mac mini is that the RAM needs to be upgraded from 256MB.
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