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New Mac mini unboxed and dissembled
Tuesday, March 3, 2008
Posted by: Brian
Our old friends over at MacMiniColo.net just posted a series of unboxing and disassembly photos of the new Mac mini. It's pretty much the same Mac mini you've come to love on the outside, with a few interesting twists on the inside. I would suggest that you head on over for the rest of the details. They did a nice job putting it together.
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/1154.html
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Texark
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That looks just as easy to open and hack around in.  |
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Gigitt
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Would like to know what model CPU it uses and if it is socketed (xing fingers)
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Albert76
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Gigitt wrote: | Would like to know what model CPU it uses and if it is socketed (xing fingers)
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Me too!
Oh, how I regret buying one a few months ago. I could've had one of these bad boys.  |
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zen
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The RAM and GPU locations have moved but other than that it looks identical to the last revision. The board looks like a darker blue also. Maybe its just lighting..
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Ben Tex
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There's no little wire on the front anymore. That should settle those fans down.  |
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lh_newbie
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| P7450 processor by the specs (only one with 1066 FSB @ 2ghz w/3MB L2 cache) |
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Rightondamark
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| zen wrote: | | The RAM and GPU locations have moved. |
I could be wrong, but the heatsink for the GPU looks bigger to me. That could be one of the reasons for moving it. |
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zen
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| lh_newbie wrote: | | P7450 processor by the specs (only one with 1066 FSB @ 2ghz w/3MB L2 cache) |
Funny! 7450 was/is one of the G4 CPU revisions. The ones with L3. |
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WheelSpinners
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Ben_Tex wrote: | | There's no little wire on the front anymore. That should settle those fans down. |
I forgot to connect that once. My mini sounded like a small jet ready to take off. |
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zen
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| Rightondamark wrote: | | zen wrote: | | The RAM and GPU locations have moved. |
I could be wrong, but the heatsink for the GPU looks bigger to me. That could be one of the reasons for moving it. |
Maybe a little bigger but not much. |
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castaway
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| I read the CPU is not socketed. |
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ESUNintel
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I'd probably only replace the HDD with a SDD, probably 120-128GB one by OCZ or G-Skill.
...but first I would have to get the new mini |
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| Texark wrote: | | That looks just as easy to open and hack around in. |
Yeah, and I'm sure that someone's going to make use of that SATA connector to the optical drive.
And my putty knife hasn't been made redundant.
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