With last week's release of upgraded Mac Mini's, Apple's baby Mac is actually a fairly beefy machine. Other World Computing is taking that a step further by offering a 16GB RAM upgrade -- twice what Apple offers:
OWC 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit (2 x 2GB memory modules) - $37.99
OWC 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit (2 x 4GB memory modules) - $79.99
OWC 12GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Upgrade Kit (8GB + 4GB memory modules) $749.99
OWC 16GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Upgrade Kit (2 x 8GB memory modules) - $1399.99
OWC maintains a "MaxRAM" testing lab of Apple machines and has verified that the new Mac Mini can accept up to 16 GB of RAM.
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Higher density chips have lower yields. Once the process gets better the price will go down. Heck, I once paid $1100 for a 32MB SIMM.
Take a look at the specs. That laptop uses 4 memory modules. If the mini had four slots then it would be much cheaper to upgrade to 16GB.