Hi all, Since I got my Mac in August of 2011 it has had 2gb of ram, and I didn't use it for a year because it was so slow. Finally, in May of 2012, I bit the bullet and got an adapter so I could hook up a screen, and that helped. By August I had switched to the mac as my primary machine, and I was feeling the pinch; if I used three apps I was okay, but switch to a fourth and things would slow down, or even switch to a new tab or window in an open app and I would get busy messages with much grinding of my poor hard drive. I was getting more and more frustrated, especially after I started playing with resource hogs like Garageband and Xcode.
Last week I bit another bullet and got myself 8gb of ram from Newegg.com. It arrived yesterday and I installed it in my mini; the only sighted help I needed was getting the plastic cover back over the Mini's access port, but I think I could have gotten it myself with more patience. To be fair, though, I have experience swapping out ram modules, so if you've never done this please find someone who has (and has done it successfully) to give you a hand. The mini's ram slots offer themselves up at an angle, and it is weird to figure out at first. Anyway, I've now used this ram for a little while (I got home only an hour or so ago) and all I can say is.. WOW! Everything is snappy, there's no lag in switching Safari tabs or moving between open programs, and even my "say time" command is now almost immediate instead of taking the five seconds it used to. I have not yet run a full memory test on the new ram sticks, but only because Apple Hardware Test failed to pick up my wifi network (apparently some routers block access to computers running in diagnostic mode). So, I am still nervous when using the mac, waiting for something to crash or explode, but I'll test the ram as soon as I can so I can breathe easier. Bottom line though: if you have 2gb of ram like I did and your machine is able to accept user-replaced ram, treat yourself to 8gb (4gb was not much cheaper, and 8gb was the better buy). You will not regret it. Now, if anyone can tell me how to use my wifi with AHT, and/or boot into Single-user mode so I can run a memory test, I'd be home free! Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
