[stwain2003]

Due to my budget problems, I will not be purchasing an iBook, but a Mac mini. But I have a question. Do you think I should upgrade the hard drive to 5400RPM or should I upgrade the RAM to 1GB? Which would be faster. Thanks! - Will

[uicandrew]

definitely upgrade the ram. the hard drive upgrade will help mainly with copying large files, which may not be often. but the ram improvement will show every second your mini is on. also, ram is much easier to upgrade, and the hard drive can also be added later on as a exernal drive.

[ghporter]

I concur. More RAM helps the OS a LOT, while disk access speed would only moderately be improved by upping to a higher RPM drive.

I'm going to get a Mini soon (income permitting) and I'm going to get it from the factory with 1GB of RAM for that specific reason.