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Gesiwuj
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 Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: What do we want on the new Mac Mini? |
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| I know I want C2D, upgraded GFX, easy to upgrade and expandable. What does everyone else crave in the next mini iteration? |
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heavy_nutz
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| C2D and a better Graphics card. |
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Bandit Bill
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What... no choice for all of the above 
I'd personally like to see a new model introduced between the Mac Pro and Mac mini. |
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rando1968
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: What do we want on the new Mac Mini |
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ranger1021
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I chose a C2D and a Graphics card, but in reality, I am at about the same place as Bandit Bill, in wanting it all  . Of course, you could just buy a Mac Pro, but thats too expensive for me 
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Cupholder and leather seats.
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robinscruffy
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I voted for C2D & GMA Graphics. Is PCI-E a smaller version of a PCI card by chance? 
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Gesiwuj
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No, PCI is a newer version of PCI for modern graphics cards. We wish we could have all of them, but of course there are some limits . I guess it should have been "What do you want most?"!
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robinscruffy
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If Apple find a way of minimizing the things inside then maybe there would be room for one PCI slot, saying that it would mean the mini would be a tad bit bigger.
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Gesiwuj
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I don't mind a mini that's a centimetre (yeah I use metric) taller if it fits a PCI-Express graphics card in it! I'd upgrade it to a 6800 straight away!
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| Any of those options would be fine, but better graphics and a Core 2 Duo would be heaven. For what I do on my Mac mini, the graphics and Core 2 Duo would help out a little bit. |
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I missed: lowering the prices... 
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: it can be |
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| robinscruffy wrote: | | I voted for C2D & GMA Graphics. Is PCI-E a smaller version of a PCI card by chance? |
it can be if it's PCIe 1x, PCIe 4x is about half size of a regular PCI, PCIe 8x is about the same size, and PCIe 16x is about a third larger than a PCI port. PCIe was created to combine PCI (equal to half of a PCIe 1x), PCI-X (equal to PCIe 4x), and AGP (equal to PCIe 8x at most) into one kind of port based on the same technology. I would like to see even a PCIe 1x slot for port expansion.
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robinscruffy
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Having a normal PCI slot would be fine, because there are a wide range of components that are avaliable for it. If you go for the smaller versions there's going to be few choices, its like the express card slot and the PC card slot on laptops.
But either way, adding a PCI will add more to the Mini's size.
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I'm not hung up on the size of the mini. I would gladly see it grow in height, and even a bit in footprint, to accommodate faster, more expandable components. As long as it stays within the dimensions of a Cube (my other favourite Mac). Oh yes, and as long as it continues to be a quiet Mac!
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