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i3 Mac Mini, 6GB Memory, USB 3.0

TennisandMusic said:
It's kinda weird isn't it? Intel demos it on what is essentially a hackintosh, and all of a sudden it's an Apple created exclusive that is not only right around the corner but makes USB3 (which is out NOW and works) apparently undesirable garbage.

The way the phrase "light peak" is bandied about around here, and on only this forum as far as I have seen, you would think it's a dominate force in the industry at this point. It's really bizarre.
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Usb3 works? Yes, it works like its previous revision, giving you 50-60% (at best) of theoretical performance, when FW i.e. gives you 80-85%.
i know, usb3 is still faster, but it's a crap implementation anyway.
Let us hope in something better (lightpeak and FW1600-3200) ;)
 
I think the i3 is gonna be a great edition for the Mac Mini if not a better processor.

So far HDMI rumors for apple products, hmmm all i can say is AT LAST ! LoL. My 3 year old Sony Vaio Laptop Had HDMI, so yea apple gotta catch up to the market but i do understand quality is apples top concern, so they cant jump into latest hardware without being perfectly compatible with there systems.

Im hoping for a better Mac Mini for my home Theater :)
 
Sam Abul said:
I think the i3 is gonna be a great edition for the Mac Mini if not a better processor.

So far HDMI rumors for apple products, hmmm all i can say is AT LAST ! LoL. My 3 year old Sony Vaio Laptop Had HDMI, so yea apple gotta catch up to the market but i do understand quality is apples top concern, so they cant jump into latest hardware without being perfectly compatible with there systems.

Im hoping for a better Mac Mini for my home Theater :)
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well tbh HDMI up until recently has really only been a connection method for home theatres/TVs/etc, i dont mind not having HDMI ports on current macs, if you need to you can always purchase an HDMI->DVI connector (or vice versa, which i have done). it still works perfectly fine.

lately though, more and more computer monitors have been sporting HDMI input ports, which i dont really get! the only real benefits are image/sound on the one cable, and most monitors have PATHETIC speakers! :confused:
 
devianter said:
why ?
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because i like firewire and only would ever use usb for a mouse keyboard or printer ,but never for a external drive , as with firewire i can easier and faster copy files from one external to another , faster and easier backups ,firewire is just better then usb as it doesn't use the computer to manage things
 
MacHamster68 said:
because i like firewire and only would ever use usb for a mouse keyboard or printer ,but never for a external drive , as with firewire i can easier and faster copy files from one external to another , faster and easier backups ,firewire is just better then usb as it doesn't use the computer to manage things
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fw can also perform better HDD monitoring and whatnot :)
 
Eidorian said:
I really hope you've looked at the benchmarks.

You can effectively get quad core performance from heavily threaded work.
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hmm benchmark tests hmmm:rolleyes: before you consider to get a faster processor you should make the sums up, if you constantly bring your c2d to its limits,so its running constantly at 150% , then yes you should upgrade, but other then that there is absolute no point for a upgrade, apart from the show off factor
 
MacHamster68 said:
hmm benchmark tests hmmm:rolleyes: before you consider to get a faster processor you should make the sums up, if you constantly bring your c2d to its limits,so its running constantly at 150% , then yes you should upgrade, but other then that there is absolute no point for a upgrade, apart from the show off factor
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I'm sure those spend US$2,000 on a notebook would rather donate it to Apple instead of getting current hardware.
 
Eidorian said:
I really hope you've looked at the benchmarks.

You can effectively get quad core performance from heavily threaded work.
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I couldn't care less about synthetic benchmarks :rolleyes:
I USE the computer, I don't play with benchmarks ;)

In the review you kindly linked, I see the Photoshop benchmark going from 35,3 secs to 32,9 secs : I can wait 3 seconds more :D
Actually I can wait 3 minutes more, without the urge to upgrade my computer ;)
 
alent1234 said:
new CPU's also mean newer graphics. the graphics on Mac's suck compared to PC's now
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sucks in doing what ? Gaming ? I couldn't care less :D
New graphics ? We are speaking about Mini, so if the new gpu is the intel crapware integrated in the Arrandale, I would stay with the 9400M ;)
 
Now that the new MBP's have the i3's, the mini can't be far behind.
I'm buying the moment they get upgraded.
 
Don't think the Mini update will have i3 but i5/i7 like the 13" MBP. 4gb also seems to be a standard now (minus the MBA). Will probably keep the HDMI and at least one TB port.
 
OrangeSVTguy said:
Don't think the Mini update will have i3 but i5/i7 like the 13" MBP. 4gb also seems to be a standard now (minus the MBA). Will probably keep the HDMI and at least one TB port.
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Bet it will have i5/i7 like the 13", and 4GB DDR3 standard upgradeable to 8GB. Thunderbolt/Lightpeak will definitely be on it - no USB3.0, would kind of defeat the purpose of trying to 'push' a new I/O
 
A Mac Mini with the previously mentioned specs plus SSD, plus 8GB of ram would be a very nice little machine for a lot of people.
 
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