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Mac mini grey screen - odd results to testing
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<blockquote data-quote="jpinct" data-source="post: 1189997" data-attributes="member: 192981"><p>My Mac Mini is a 1.42 G4 with 512 MB of RAM and either a 4200 or 5400 RPM hard drive (not sure yet). It has a Firewire 400 port. See specs here:</p><p><a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/stats/mac_mini_g4_1.42.html" target="_blank">Mac mini G4/1.42 Specs (Mac mini, M9687LL/A*, PowerMac10,1, A1103, 2026) @ EveryMac.com</a></p><p>This is the secondary computer in our house that we mainly just use for web browsing. So two questions:</p><p>1) Even if we bought a 7200 RPM external drive and connected it via FireWire, it would still be noticeably slower than the original internal drive?</p><p>2) Since we only use it for web browsing, is there any reason to replace the RAM as well if I do replace the internal drive? Looks like we could upgrade to 1GB.</p><p></p><p>Thanks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpinct, post: 1189997, member: 192981"] My Mac Mini is a 1.42 G4 with 512 MB of RAM and either a 4200 or 5400 RPM hard drive (not sure yet). It has a Firewire 400 port. See specs here: [url=http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/stats/mac_mini_g4_1.42.html]Mac mini G4/1.42 Specs (Mac mini, M9687LL/A*, PowerMac10,1, A1103, 2026) @ EveryMac.com[/url] This is the secondary computer in our house that we mainly just use for web browsing. So two questions: 1) Even if we bought a 7200 RPM external drive and connected it via FireWire, it would still be noticeably slower than the original internal drive? 2) Since we only use it for web browsing, is there any reason to replace the RAM as well if I do replace the internal drive? Looks like we could upgrade to 1GB. Thanks. :) [/QUOTE]
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