Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future

Re:Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Dev... by officeplant on Friday July 10, 2026 @09:02AM (#48859323)

Ebay and Amazon are flooded with it. Especially if you are looking for anything prior to DDR5. DDR2 and DDR3 are especially flooded with weird brands you've never heard of before.

Unfortunately its not so cheap anymore as everyone ramped prices up of course.

Last year I could still get 32GB of DDR4 for under $60 from chinese brands.

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Re:Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Dev... by not-a-llm on Friday July 10, 2026 @01:00PM (#48862501)

DDR3 is from 10 years ago. DDR2 is from 15.

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Re:Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Dev... by officeplant on Friday July 10, 2026 @01:22PM (#48862707)

And?

I just upgraded my 2008 Thinkpad R61i to 8GB of DDR2 a few months ago while I was also upgrading to a core2duo.

DDR2 and DDR3 are still in active use by SBC manufacturers.

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Re:Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Dev... by dansquizsoft on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:28AM (#48871458)

> I just upgraded my 2008 Thinkpad R61i to 8GB of DDR2 a few months ago while I was also upgrading to a core2duo

Uhhh… ok… good for you I guess…

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Re:Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Dev... by officeplant on Monday July 13, 2026 @01:01PM (#48895584)

Some of us keep the worthwhile trash alive forever. This laptop is gonna be twenty years old soon and it's too comfortable of a machine to be tossed to ewaste.

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