OWC has a kit but it was insanely expensive once postage from the US was included. Unfortunately finding 2x 8Gb PC3-8500 1066mhz ram sticks was next to impossible. So I went about trying to locate RAM for this model. The first issue I had however was the RAM, 4GB isn’t going to be enough to allow the install of ESXi 5.5. Its been well documented that running VMWare ESXi on MacMini’s is no problem, but I could find no evidence of anyone attempting to run ESXi on such an older model. RAM is 8Gb according to Apple, but it has been proven to support 16Gb) So its a MacMini4,1 with a 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4Gb RAM (Max. The Mini is the first generation aluminium unibody Mid 2010 model. I had an old MacMini lying around at home that used to be my media centre but has since been replaced by a Raspberry Pi.
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