If I buy a Mac Mini M2, with 8GB RAM, can I get Apple to put in more RAM later?

I may want to upgrade RAM later. Is it possible?

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 08:43 AM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2023 05:04 AM

I know that everyone says 8 GB RAM is not enough but believe me it is . . . unless you are a high end professional editing 8K all day long with tight deadlines.


I have been using a 2017 iMac with 8 GB RAM for the past 7 years editing 1080p and 4K videos with no problems in Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.


A month ago I got the cheapest M2 Mac mini and it blows the iMac out of the water being at least 3 times faster.


Don't worry about the small 256 GB SSD either as you can buy high quality USB 3.0 SSDs of 1 TB for £50 - £80.


If you buy an M2 with a 1 TB SSD installed it will set you back a further £400.



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Jun 16, 2024 04:40 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

I respectfully disagree. I've owned the Mac Mini M2 with 8 GB memory for about 8 months now and while the M2 chip is blazingly fast (i can't believe how quickly i can encode video in HandBrake, for instance) the 8 GB memory is a hurdle. I receive "out of memory" errors relatively often, resulting from simply too many apps open at the same time. Yet they're apps I kind of need open, so it's frustrating.

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