Upgrading my 2009 Mac mini

March 20, 2009 in Computer, Mac

I just upgraded my new Mac mini with 4Gb of RAM and a 320Gb HDD. I ordered Kingston DDR3-1066 4Gb Kit tested for Apple (see Kingston Memory Configurator) and a Seagate Momentus 2007.3 2.5″ 7200rpm 320Gb from Computeruniverse.

Okay… ordering was the easy part, but installing was quite difficult! I don’t mean the upgrade itself, but opening the case without scratching it! These two videos helped me a lot:

With the new memory added I can now even run Lightroom very well and the new HDD isn’t much (if any) noisier than the 5400rpm Fujitsu one.

Watch some pics of the upgrade if you want:
These little pins really ******* me off

Tags: Apple, mac mini

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liz #

The putty knife we used was just too big

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dan #

How much did you pay for the hardware?

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Chris K. #

Less than you paid for your “High-End” mini with it’s shabby 2Gigs of RAM

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dan #

HAHAHA! funny dude -.-
But at least I didn’t scratch mine!

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- Chris K. #
  
  Who says that I did? Come here and see yourself…
  
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