We decided to see if we could stuff a full terabyte worth of storage into our new Mac mini. Why would anyone possibly want this much storage?

• Bragging rights. Mac minis come with either 120, 250, or 320 GB standard. Yours has 1 TERABYTE.
• Built-in Time Machine. Sure, you can hook up an external drive, but it's sure nice not to have cables everywhere.
• RAID -- mirroring, striping, concatenating -- take your pick.

And seriously, with that much space, who needs an optical drive?

We're going to:

• Swap out a the existing hard drive for a 500 GB drive.
• Then remove the optical drive and install another new 500 GB drive in its place.

Carefully insert a putty knife into the crevice between the top cover and bottom housing. Start on the left side first.

Gently enlarge the existing crevice by twisting the putty knife downward and away from the mini.

Repeat the prying motion until a portion of the bottom housing has been nudged upward.

Repeat the same prying procedure on the right side.

The top cover should now be marginally separated from the bottom housing. Use your fingers to completely separate the two, starting with the I/O side of the mini.

The top cover does not have any cables attaching it to the bottom housing; it should now be completely detached from the bottom.

All three antennas need to be removed before accessing the hardware underneath.

Two black posts secure the large Airport antenna board to the internal frame. The other two antennas (on the right) can be removed by pulling them directly upward.

Remove the large antenna by squeezing both black posts together and gently lifting the antenna board from the posts.

Remove the other two antennas by pulling them directly upward.

Rotate the mini 180 degrees.

Use a spudger to peel back the black tape and release the antenna cable.

Carefully lift the remaining two antennas from the right side of the mini.

Remove the four black Phillips screws holding the internal frame to the bottom housing.

Remove the black Phillips screw from the bottom left corner.

Remove the black Phillips screw from the top left corner. This particular screw is hidden from view.

Remove the black Phillips screw located on the upper right corner.

Remove the black Phillips screw located on the bottom right corner.

Remove the two silver Phillips screws holding the SuperDrive to the internal frame.

Rotate the internal frame 180 degrees and remove two more silver Phillips screws.

Rotate the internal frame so that the interconnect board connector is facing you.

Remove the two silver Phillips screws holding the SuperDrive to the interconnect board connector.