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jbstingray
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Yea, Apple is infamous for not updating the Macs often (can't say the same about iPods lol)
These processors in the Macs now are pretty nice. The 1.66 Duo retails for $245 us, so Apple is really taking a cut in terms of the amount they make per unit and a processor upgade'll kill 'em even more. |
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Sparkstack
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: Re: solo |
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| James T Kirk wrote: | | If you not planning on selling the items which are removed... |
But who would you sell them to? not basic Mini owners thats for sure because they already have the same amount. Most other machines (laptops) come with the same amount - if not more, so no sale there either...
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James T Kirk
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: Re: solo |
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| Sparkstack wrote: |
But who would you sell them to? not basic Mini owners thats for sure because they already have the same amount. Most other machines (laptops) come with the same amount - if not more, so no sale there either... |
You might be right according to the memory, but not all all of them do have a DVD-rom/cdwriter combo. Under the same token a 50 bucks upgrade is about the same you would get for selling the old unit, if you're lucky. I see a lot of old MacMini memory on the internet, selling for peanuts, even my 512 mb memory is not that wanted as I hoped. Strange as normal memory is getting more scarce due to the fact more productivity is into DDR2 memory and Flash memory.
P.S. I have an uncle (my wife's actually, as she's American) living in Naperville! Nice area!
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Juspe
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Have anyone tested the difference between Mac Mini Core Solo with 1 GB memory to Mac Mini Core Duo 512MB memory?
I'm buying Mac Mini soon and I don't really know what should I buy coz I don't actually use any kind of professional programs on it.
But if someone knows something about the difference between those models in those specs, please tell me so I now better what to buy. 
Btw, greetings from Finland, sun is shining and the spring has finally come. |
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Sparkstack
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Don't think so.
There is a comparison between the solo and duo models HERE but i suspect you may have already read that. Bottom line. The solo with 1Gb of memory may be more responsive than the stock 512Mb. But i would say that the Duo is a much better machine in every way.
Of course, what you could do is get a core solo now and in 18 months or so swap out the processor for a nice fast Core Duo. It can be done very easily. See HERE
Hope this helps.
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Juspe
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Thanks!
I think that helps me enough. And yes, I had read that comparison article.
But like you said, Duo is much better machine.
I thought so too but I just wanted second opinion. Now I think I'm going to buy Core Duo with 1Gb of memory.
So thanks a lot of your opinion! |
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