Why did I have trouble installing new RAM in 2020 Mac mini

Why did I have trouble installing new RAM in 2020 Mac mini.

I bought 2 32MB RAM chips to upgrade my store bought 2020 Mac mini from 8 MB to 64 Mb. I got Crucial RAM at Amazon for about $289 versus APPLEs in-store upgrade cost of $1,000 for then addidional 56 MB of RAM that I would be adding to the base.

First of all... WHAT A RIP-OFF. I know we all know that Apple charges exorbitant prices, but with So much money in the bank and a Market Cap of almost $2 TRILLION for a company that in 1999 had it's obituary written for it 5 times (!) and was valued at just $ 1billion, they need to practice a bit of humility and treat long time customers like me, who have NEVER owned a WINTEL machine, with a bit more respect.

That was an aside. When I took the actual Crucial RAM chips to my local computer store for installation, the geek had to order a special tool just to install the **** RAM and then he said the chips that were the ones recommended to buy at EVERY website everywhere were about a mm too tall and would not be put I'm place AND allow the silver fence like heat shield to be replaced. So he installed the RAM, did NOT put the heat shield or whatever that piece is back, and it's running fine.

First off, does APPLE install proprietary RAM a tiny bit smaller than ALL other commercial RAM you use to upgrade?

Two - was the geek right?

And Three - will it run OK without the heat shield thing over the longterm?

No one I talked to knew about this or had run into the upgrade problem. It appears to be working fine at home and the 64 MB is recognized and runs just fine....

ANY OTHER thoughts not this? Thanks SO much,

Mark

PS I logged into this site using my Apple ID - why does my name come up as jimmy2021 when I look above. I have never used that as an alias, nor do I have a jimmy on my account - now or have I ever???? See above.... What gives????

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