#MAC MINI MEMORY UPGRADE 2006 UPGRADE#
#MAC MINI MEMORY UPGRADE 2006 BLUETOOTH#

The Intel GMA950 graphics processor uses 80 MB of system memory, so increasing memory beyond 512 MB is a good idea. The 2006 Mac mini was AppleвЂ™s first computer to use Intel graphics and the first Mac in a long, long time to use вЂњvampire videoвЂќ (thatвЂ™s where the video bites into system memory). Apple claimed the Intel-based Mac mini was вЂњup to four times fasterвЂќ than the old G4 Mac mini, but that only applies to the Core Duo model. It retails for US$599 вЂ“ $100 more than the entry-level G4 Mac mini did. The Core Solo Mac mini runs at 1.5 GHz and includes 512 MB of RAM, a 60 GB hard drive, and a Combo drive. Their test results show that in general there is more benefit from having more RAM вЂ“ even mismatched вЂ“ than there is from having less RAM that is matched.ДЇront Row with Bonjour allows users to share music, photos, and video over a local network, and the Mac mini can be connected to a television set, making it more of a digital hub than ever.

#MAC MINI MEMORY UPGRADE 2006 UPGRADE#

There is one bank with two memory sockets, so to upgrade RAM, you have to remove the 256 MB modules that came with the computer.ДЄpple says that memory upgrades should always be done in matched pairs, but Other World Computing has discovered that you can use вЂњmismatchedвЂќ memory in the Mac mini (and some other Intel-based Macs where Apple specifies that upgrades should only be done with matched pairs). The Early 2006 Mac mini supports two memory modules for up to 2В GB of RAM. The Intel-based mini has a 667 MHz memory bus, four times as fast as the G4-based mini.

#MAC MINI MEMORY UPGRADE 2006 BLUETOOTH#

Both versions of the Intel-based mini include AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0, AppleвЂ™s remote control, gigabit ethernet, and Front Row with Bonjour. The Mac mini was the third Mac to make the switch to Intel CPUs вЂ“ and the entry-level 1.5 GHz model was the only Mac ever to use IntelвЂ™s single-core Core Solo CPU. If you can find one inexpensively enough, itВ makes itВ an excellent candidate for a CPU transplant.

We call the Core Solo Mac miniВ a Compromised Mac.В Because of this, used prices should be lower than for the 1.66 GHz Core Duo model, although this is not always the case.

Performance of the Core Solo model is so sluggish that most buyers who have written us express regret at their purchase. We cannot recommend the Core Solo version of the Mac mini unless you plan to upgrade to a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo CPU.

Mac mini memory upgrade 2006