I'm definitely going for that putty knife if I can't find something thin and strong at my local hardware mecca, ND.
Fortunately, I am tool-rich and have pretty much everything included in the tech kit. Though, those super long tweezers are kind of nice.
When pulling things apart...vacuum cleaners and such...my philosophy is always, low and slow...pry with patience and document everything that comes out on a placemat diagram, then clean up as you go out.
My father may not have given me much in this life, but he was way into Heath Kits and had me building jr. detective listening devices and 'hit a key and it lights up!' mini-organs when I was quite small.
I wielded a soldering iron long before it was wise for a kid to do so.
I never developed the love for poking around in tv sets that he had, but I can unscrew and peer into a thing with proper guidance.
Since it isn't a necessity right now, I will take Rob's advice and see what I can get away with before proceeding.
My current G5 tower has 3 GB on board and I'm paranoid about keeping it clean, so I take pains to run at about half capacity. It's STILL really slow.
I'm assuming that means I'll be near full-capacity with the mini.