I was looking at apple's web site and the highest they offer for a build to order option for the current Mac Mini is 160GB... I actually have a bigger hard drive now than Apple offers for its high end option for the Mini (I have 250GB). When\if they update the mini I hope they up the max size they offer on their site for build to order otherwise I' ( Read more... )

It turns out I was correct about their computer. It pretty much was the hard drive that was in need of replacement. That hard drive they had had been dying for years. The new hard drive came in the post on Friday. I transferred all the screws from the old drive that latch onto the brackets in the case into the new drive. I slapped it in.. plugged ( Read more... )

I ended up figuring out how to add\remove hard drives on that computer I posted about earlier. Like I said, the side panel to access the motherboard was easy to open. It has a tool-less screw that you can unscrew with your fingers. However the rest of the case's cover is a one piece deal that is riveted to the case many times ( Read more... )

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You know what.. an 80GB hard drive is definitely not enough space for someone like me. When\if I get a new computer I'm going to want at least 120GB although even that may not be enough when you consider growing video, music and game libraries and that the space that videos and especially games are getting bigger and bigger. For example compare how ( Read more... )