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SHOOTOUT: Intel Mac mini Core Duo versus PPC Mac mini
Intel Mac Mini Performance - Processor, Graphics & Hard Drive Performance
PC Mag Reviews Apple Mac mini (Intel)
Intel-based Mac minis Reviewed
Mini Is Solid Addition To Home Media Center Despite Some Caveats
This Olde Mac - The Mac Mini Inches Closer To Home Theater
Shuttle Chases Mac Mini With Smaller PC
SHOOTOUT: Intel Mac mini Core Duo versus PPC Mac mini
BareFeats' rob-ART morgan says:
We expected the new Intel Mac mini Core Duo to perform well enough in CPU crunch tests (iMovie HD, Cinebench), but we were really more curious about how well it performed in GPU crunch tests (iMaginator, Doom 3, etc.). We included the PPC Mac mini G4/1.42GHz we previously tested as well as an Intel iMac Core Duo 1.83GHz.
We also configured the Core Duo mini's memory in two ways (matched and unmatched pairs) to see if there was any great advantage to having matched pairs.....
The Mac mini performed better than the old PPC mini in the two CPU crunch tests. It would have matched the times of the iMac Core Duo if it was running at the same clock speed...
In my humble opinion, the Mac mini is a poor investment unless you have a display, keyboard, and mouse you can't part with. You may pay more for the iMac Core Duo 1.83, but you get a lot more....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.barefeats.com/mincd.html
Intel Mac Mini Performance - Processor, Graphics & Hard Drive Performance
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Mac Performance In The Raw - Intel Mac Mini Performance - Processor, Graphics & Hard Drive Performance
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http://macspeedzone.com/html/hardware/machine/performance_in_the_raw/06/3_8a.shtml
PC Mag Reviews Apple Mac mini (Intel)
PC Mag's Joel Santo Domingo reports:
Apple launched the Mac mini about this time last year. The original G4 mini was a triumph of compact design, and the newest Apple Mac mini ($799 direct) shares the same form factor and thankfully, the same value-minded media hub/PC mentality.
Apple is targeting first-time computer buyers, as well as anyone who is looking for an additional media PC for their house. And because the Intel Core Duo is found inside, this mini should be just as appealing to traditional Windows-based PC users as to diehard Macheads.
For the full review visit here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1935034,00.asp
Intel-based Mac minis Reviewed
Macworld's Jonathan Seff reports:
In the first major update since its release last year, the Mac mini joins its iMac and MacBook Pro cousins in featuring Intel inside. The latest mini models are the third line of Macs to convert to the Intel chip, and they offer many improvements over the G4 Mac mini. The new minis are not only built with Intel processors, but also include Apple’s Front Row software and remote.....
In general, we found that the Intel minis have a faster and more responsive feel than their predecessors when we dragged windows around in the Finder and launched native applications. But performance lagged when we opened many applications at the same time.....
For the full report visit here.
http://www.macworld.com/2006/03/reviews/macmini/index.php
Mini Is Solid Addition To Home Media Center Despite Some Caveats
The Wall Street Journal reports:
This is a review of an interesting new entertainment-center component that happens to also be a personal computer -- a computer fully capable of, say, creating a spreadsheet, but one you might never use that way. This new product also happens to be a new Macintosh model from Apple Computer, but, in its entertainment-system role, it works perfectly with Windows computers......
The most important thing about the new Mac Mini is that it comes with Front Row, Apple's handsome software for controlling a computer from across a room, and with the tiny, simple remote control Apple designed to work with Front Row. You can just plug it into your TV and home audio system, fire up Front Row, and watch any videos stored on its hard disk, listen to any songs it holds, or view any photos it contains. It also plays DVDs.
Even better, this new Mini can automatically find -- and stream to your home entertainment system -- all music and videos stored on any other computer on your home network, whether Windows or Mac. All that's required is that the other computers be running Apple's free iTunes software. The Mini can't stream photos from a Windows PC, but it can do so from another Mac.
For the full review visit here.
This Olde Mac - The Mac Mini Inches Closer To Home Theater
MacBookGarage.com's Stephan Fassmann reports:
Okay, so Apple's feb 28 announcement was nice but not as big as I was expecting but some of the things are intriguing. The Mac mini with Bonjour autodiscovery filesharing and a remote do just scream, "Put me in your home theatre system." Apple doesn't look back, it distracts from the now and the future. They seem to be trying to redefine how video is distributed. Rather then caring a whit about broadcast and cable they just want to download everything through the internet. You can download all kinds of shows from the iTMS and that is how the new Mac mini is pointed.
There seems to be one piece missing. There is no equivolent of rip mix burn.....
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http://macbookgarage.com/article.php?id=54
Shuttle Chases Mac Mini With Smaller PC
IDG News Service's Sumner Lemon reports:
Shuttle a Taiwanese PC maker well known for its small form-factor PCs, will unveil this week a new, smaller computer, a company executive confirmed Thursday.
The X100 was largely developed in response to a growing number of small PCs on offer from other companies, including Apple Computer's Mac Mini.
Shuttle's X100 is based on an Intel Core Duo mobile processor, and measures 2.1 inches by 8.3 inches by 11.8 inches, said Steve Wang, a system manager at Shuttle in Taipei. That makes the X100 slightly larger than the Mac Mini, which measures 2.0 inches by 6.5 inches by 6.5 inches.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060309/tc_pcworld/125013
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