Mac Mini: 1.6 ghz dually Atom vs. Current Core2Duos?

[gkarris]

GPU doesn't help for CPU-intensive tasks, though, so the performance advantage there is moot. Even if Snow Leopard does contain something that makes massive use of the GPU, Apple would still have a tough sell convincing people that the new Mini was faster than the old one... people are quick to recognize that 1.83 > 1.6... it's a lot tougher to explain that 1.6 + 9400M > 1.83 + X3100.

I don't know - I still have this feeling that Intel will give Apple an updated version of the Atom that is a dual 1.83.

 

[TrapOx]

I don't know - I still have this feeling that Intel will give Apple an updated version of the Atom that is a dual 1.83.

That would still be a huge step down in performance from the current 1.83/2.0ghz C2D.