{"id":575,"date":"2009-03-13T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:42:06","slug":"new-mac-mini-rammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/575-new-mac-mini-rammed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mac Mini Rammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/macmini_front-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/macmini_front-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>Apple says the new Mac mini is good for up to 4GB RAM max. Maybe you\u2019ve read of people who\u2019ve put 8GB in it. Well \u2013 yes, it will boot with 8GB installed, but 4GB is the true limit of these latest Mac minis. As soon as the system tries to use more than 4GB, everything goes to molasses. There are plenty of examples where Apple states one limit and you can actually go beyond said limits \u2013 But, this is not one of them. Anyway \u2013 you can check out all of the \u2018right stuff\u2019 for any generation of Mac mini with <a href=\"\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/mac-mini\/\" target=\"_blank\">OWC\u2019s Mac mini guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple says the new Mac mini is good for up to 4GB RAM max. Maybe you\u2019ve read of people who\u2019ve put 8GB in it. Well \u2013 yes, it will boot with 8GB installed, but 4GB is the true limit of these latest Mac minis. 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