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New Mini's Release Date
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dont get your hopes up.. the mini is a very low end computer and rarely gets upgraded
hahaha could be a little while away
but apple has changed the low end MBs! so you never know!now the real question: i3, or C2D?
hahaha could be a little while away
now the real question: i3, or C2D?
Core 2 Duo.
depends on how much stuff is in stock.. and yea i know the C2Ds benchmark better for a few things, but the shift to i3 is inevitable.
I highly doubt Intel is running low on Core 2 Duo chips. The only time Apple will switch to i3 in the Mini, MacBook and 13" MBP will be when Sandy Bridge is out next year.
yup ok id agree with that. another question, low end C2D MM, then higher end i3 MM
Not gonna happen, Apple would have to find another GPU to shove in the Mini that isn't integrated. Why bother when there will be zero performance gains?
i3 would require a dedicated GPU plus i3 is barely an upgrade due lack of Turbo. Mini has followed the MacBook in the near past
I'm sure Intel has hundreds of warehouses full of C2Ds.
whats wrong with the 4500HD?
Every 4500 card is worse than the 320M. You want worse performance now?
Every 4500 card is worse than the 320M. You want worse performance now?
maybe
i am considering buying a G4 MM. i guess not though - but apple would use the 320M of course. thats a given. they already have the drivers written lol!
whats wrong with the 4500HD?
What's wrong with C2D then?
Apple could use a low-end dedicated e.g. ATI 5450 or nVidia 305M but due their laziness of writing drivers and supporting multiple GPUs, I doubt it
maybe
i guess not though - but apple would use the 320M of course. thats a given. they already have the drivers written lol!
320M can't be used with iX CPU.... It's integrated and due Nehalem design, other than Intel IGPs can't be used as they use RAM and Nehalem has built-in mem controller which don't share the RAM to other IGPs
hahaha could be a little while away
now the real question: i3, or C2D?
No question at all. C2D for at least another year +
The mini will (eventually) track the MB spec wise; that's how Apple rolls...
fine fine 330M then
not that mac mini users would be after gaming performance anyway..
indeed. thats why i initially stated that it wont happen for quite some time yet
Yeah, I'm confident the next Mini update will mirror the Macbook. The Macbook update makes me think it might not be long before the update. Well, that and the fact I recently bought the current model.
I think it will probably be a silent update like the Macbook, though.
Yeah, I'm confident the next Mini update will mirror the Macbook. The Macbook update makes me think it might not be long before the update. Well, that and the fact I recently bought the current model.
I think it will probably be a silent update like the Macbook, though.
Yea, that's what I think too. Here is Mac Mini predictions thread and my guess of the specs (the #2 post)
The mini seems to be similar to the Apple TV but not as bad. It is rarely upgraded and when it is the specs are so minimal that it makes for a yawnfest. As an owner I'm ok with this in a way, I intended to keep my Mini until it couldn't perform how I needed it to perform as an HTPC.
To the kid that said June 8th, there is nothing supporting this so it's just verbal caca if you ask me.
To the kid that said June 8th, there is nothing supporting this so it's just verbal caca if you ask me.
Every 4500 card is worse than the 320M. You want worse performance now?
i agree with you in many ways..................