Apple used to keep all the specification sheets for its products online but this seems not to be the case now. Has anyone got the spec. for product number MB138B/A.
Thanks
Fred
Mac mini
I believe the following would be the correct page, even though it lists it as MB138LL/A
I believe the following would be the correct page, even though it lists it as MB138LL/A
...or here too (again as MB138LL/A):
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-2-duo-1.83-sp ecs.html
John,
Thanks for your help. I just bought one of eBay and I'm hoping it would last me through a Mountain Lion Upgrade; if I was to upgrade the RAM which is at 1GB and the HDD, which is only 80GB! At present I'm waiting for the dust to settle on this latest OS from Apple as it has had mixed reviews. What do you think?
Fred
While upgrading the memory and hard disk are possible and certainly the former a highly desirable upgrade, this model Mac mini is too old to be able to run Mountain Lion. It can run Lion i.e. 10.7.5 if you already have a copy, remember Lion is no longer on sale.
Mooblie,
Thanks the site is very hlpful especial the the scanner app for working out the upgrade options. It didn't work on my current Powerbook G4 but I hope it will work on the Mac Mini MB138B/A once I collect it. Upgrading may only be needed on RAM as I have a 115GB external Firewire HDD and a 300 GB external USB HDD. Hope this configuration will last me for a couple of more years; and maybe even a Mountain Lion Upgrade!
Regards
Fred
Well that settles that issue, I don't have to worry about upgrading! I've got the Leopard family pack but nothing more. Lion has had bad comments, but people seem to like Snow Leopard; wondering if there is a path to that!
Thanks
Fred
Officially Snow Leopard is also discontinued but as it was sold in a physical (DVD) form you might find a reseller still with a boxed copy. Also apparently if you ring the Apple Store and ask nicely they will sell you Snow Leopard as it is required to then upgrade some (newer) Macs to Mountain Lion.
Good to know. However, I'm not too keen on the £89.99 price tag I'm seeing at Amazon.co.uk. I'll prefer to put that money towards a new machine, when things look brighter! I'll survive with Leopard for now; come snow or Christmas it'll have to survive :-)
Fred
Fred, you can call Apple & get it for $20-$30...
It's been pulled from the online store & Apple Stores, so you have to call Apple to buy it, last I heard.
Call Apple Sales...in the US: 1-800-MY-APPLE. Or Support... 1-800-275-2273
Other countries...
Just found this https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4151191?start=0&tstart=0 , which has the following link from a Mr. Don Marcus going back to last July only:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/18/apple-free-snow-leopard-upgrade-mobileme-iclo ud/
Not too sure what to make of that! I had bought Leopard Family pack to facilitate configuring the Home iMac for my with my kids in France. I even purchased 2 Timbuktu Remote access licences at the time, to try to get it to work. So I set up a @mac.com account to discover it just didn't work.
Now, to get on this Apple Support Communities site I resorected my old Apple ID using that old email account. Do I qualify a free Snow Leopard?
BD Aqua,
Thanks, after the **** I went through with Apple support trying to configure what they promissed back in 2007 (access through the Internet to your home Mac), I think I should qualify for a free upgrade. I'll call the UK support an see how good their memory is :-)
Fred
Hi BD Aqua,
I managed to get the Snow Leopard Family Pack (5 icences) off Apple Support for £14.00 including delivery. Now I can upgrade my Mini and kids iMac.
Do you have the spec for Snow Leopard? I'm trying to find out if the 1GByte RAM would be sufficient.
Thanks
Fred
Hi John,
I'm thinking of upgrading the Mac mini MB138B/A using 4Gbit kit (2x 2Gbyte), 200-pin SODIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300 memory module from Crucial's (Part Number: CT2KIT25664AC667). Do you have experience with this?
Fred
Hi Moonlie,
I'm thinking of upgrading the Mac mini MB138B/A using 4Gbit kit (2x 2Gbyte), 200-pin SODIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300 memory module from Crucial's (Part Number: CT2KIT25664AC667). Do you have experience with this?
I'm not too sure if the Mac mini will end up seeing 3Gbyte of RAM or 3.5. I'm getting conflicting views.
Fred
For your model Mac mini, officially it only supported 2 x 1GB of memory as maximum however in reality it is possible to use 2 x 2GB of RAM. However 64MB is used for VRAM by the video card and I found the following comment.
*By default, 1 GB of RAM was installed as two 512 MB modules, no slots free. Apple officially supports 2 GB of RAM, but third-parties have been "unofficially" able to upgrade it to 4 GB of RAM using dual 2 GB memory modules. Please note that some memory in excess of 3 GB cannot be used with 4 GB of RAM installed, so some may prefer to quote an actual maximum of 3 GB of RAM.
Clearly the above limitation is why Apple did not officially support 4GB. At worst you will still get three times as much usable memory which is a very worthwhile move.
I need the specification sheet for MB138B/A
