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Fastest Mac on the Planet a Mutant mini?
Mac Mini's Brain Replaced With A Core 2 Duo
The mini Crosses Over
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Mac mini Hotrods From Rival Computer
Configurations and options available:
Processor
1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo
1.67 GHz Intel Core Duo
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo
2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo
Hard Drive
60GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
80GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
100GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
120GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
100GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
Memory
512MB 667 MHz DDR-2 SDRAM (2x256)
1GB 667 MHz DDR-2 SDRAM (2x512)
2GB 667 MHz DDR-2 SDRAM (2x1GB)
Optical Drive
Slot Loading Combo Drive
Slot Loading SuperDrive
Keyboard/Mouse
Logitech Cordless Desktop
Apple USB Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
None
Monitors
Acer 15" LCD Monitor (Black)
Acer 17" LCD Monitor (Black)
Acer 19" LCD Monitor (Black)
Acer 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Silver)
Apple Cinema Display (20" flat panel)
Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
None
Additional Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
None
Parallels Desktop
Parallels Desktop
Parallels Desktop with Windows XP Home Edition
Parallels Desktop with Windows XP Professional
None
For more information, visit:
http://www.rivalcomputer.com/ProductCart/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=2
Fastest Mac on the Planet a Mutant mini?
Cult of iPod's Leander Kahney and Pete Mortensen report:
Man, Intel wasn't kidding about the strength and speed of its Core2 Duo processor family.
A Macinstein reader, Rico, tipped off the modding site to a Korean forum with benchmarks from putting a 2.16Ghz Core2 Merom (remember, that's the low-power portable chip) into a Mac mini.
The results are pretty staggering...
You can check it out at:
http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=1498293
Mac Mini's Brain Replaced With A Core 2 Duo
MacInstein's Helper Monkey
Faithful Macenstein reader rico sent us a posting on the Taiwanese forum Oikos discussing the results of replacing an Intel Mac mini's standard Core Duo chip with a Core 2 Duo chip (the 2.16GHz Merom T740). After a quick Babelfish "Traditional Chinese-to-English" translation, we can see why he was so excited!
While the Mini does not recognize that its brain has been replaced by a Core 2 Duo chip (it lists itself as simply having a "genuine Intel CPU") the benchmarks certainly don't lie.
You can check it out at:
http://macenstein.com/default/archives/323
The mini Crosses Over
Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd's Chris Chong puts the Intel-powered Mac mini through the paces and comes away impressed. Well, mostly.
Short of buying yourself a Power Mac G5, the Mac mini has been the cheapest way to get a Mac without a built-in display. In fact, it is the most affordable Mac in Apple’s lineup.
Unfortunately, its performance never exceeded its budget price tag. The Mac mini has always been endowed with the slowest processors (a 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 in its previous iteration), which was still okay for 90% of your daily needs but not quite enough for more demanding users.
Which brings us to the new Mac mini, now powered by either a 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo or a faster 1.66GHz Core Duo processor....
Whether you’re using a notebook PC or one of the new Intel Macs, the Core Duo processors have garnered quite a good reputation – they’re really fast.
For the full review visit here.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/6/13/prodit/14463563&sec=prodit
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One more panel yet to come in the modular network of my connected living space perhaps another iMac this time with front Row?
Mac mini (Intel), and A reason to Switch - Mac to All Mac:
http://dbatrium.blogspot.com/2006/05/mac-mini-intel-and-reason-to-switch.html
Mac mini (Intel), a gear upwards in digital Media Mac'Sphere
http://dbatrium.blogspot.com/2006/05/mac-mini-intel-gear-upwards-in-digital.html
Reasons to use the old and the New http://dbatrium.blogspot.com/2006/05/mac-mini-intel-reasons-to-use-old-and.html
Connectivity the Good, the Bad and the Inconvenient
http://dbatrium.blogspot.com/2006/06/connectivity-good-bad-and-inconvenient.html
2X Mac mini's with Dual Connective Duties + Video's
http://dbatrium.blogspot.com/2006/06/2x-mac-minis-with-dual-connective.html
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