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<blockquote data-quote="richsadams" data-source="post: 992153" data-attributes="member: 115683">I agree with the others...RAM will almost always get you better performance.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Both of our Mini's have 4GB of RAM and do quite well under heavy lifting. BTW, if you eventually want to go with a larger/faster hard drive you might want to consider using an external 3.5&quot; 7200RPM drive connected via FireWire 800.&nbsp; My wife has one Mac Mini and the second one acts as a home media server.&nbsp; I upgraded the wife's mini with a 500GB, 7200RPM (WD Black) internal drive.&nbsp; It does fine but runs a little too hot for my taste under load.&nbsp; Based on that I took some advice from someone else here and connected an external&nbsp; 1TB 7200RPM hard drive (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002D5XY8A/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Hitachi 31000</a> inside a <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2ESMSV3/" target="_blank">MiniStack 3 enclosure)</a>.&nbsp; The Mini boots off of the external drive now (I used <a href="http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html" target="_blank">SuperDuper</a> to clone the internal drive).&nbsp; It's as fast or faster than the wife's and the Mini and external enclosure barely ever get more than warm.&nbsp; I know that's a ways in your future, but something to consider when the time comes.Happy upgrading!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="richsadams, post: 992153, member: 115683"] I agree with the others...RAM will almost always get you better performance. Both of our Mini's have 4GB of RAM and do quite well under heavy lifting. BTW, if you eventually want to go with a larger/faster hard drive you might want to consider using an external 3.5" 7200RPM drive connected via FireWire 800. My wife has one Mac Mini and the second one acts as a home media server. I upgraded the wife's mini with a 500GB, 7200RPM (WD Black) internal drive. It does fine but runs a little too hot for my taste under load. Based on that I took some advice from someone else here and connected an external 1TB 7200RPM hard drive ([URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002D5XY8A/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]Hitachi 31000[/URL] inside a [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2ESMSV3/"]MiniStack 3 enclosure)[/URL]. The Mini boots off of the external drive now (I used [URL="http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html"]SuperDuper[/URL] to clone the internal drive). It's as fast or faster than the wife's and the Mini and external enclosure barely ever get more than warm. I know that's a ways in your future, but something to consider when the time comes. Happy upgrading! [/QUOTE]

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