http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/ Engadget Comments for Core 2 Duo Mac mini gets tested http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
If you take a 2Ghz mini and add a 20" apple display to compare it against a low-end iMac 20".

For $250 less (canadian pricing) if you buy an iMac, you get:
- Bigger Faster Hard Drive : 320 vs 120 GB
- Better Graphics card
- iSight
- Nice new keyboard
- better Speakers (is there any in the mini?)

Last year when I looked, some of the bundled software on the iMac like the WorldBook encyclopedia didn't even come on the mini.

They're really pricing this high.]]>Aug 16th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/but if you already have a monitor, keyboard, external hd, etc, then this is a pretty good deal. ala carte is always more expensive the the full dinner...]]>Aug 16th 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
If you have not already heard, try DisplayConfigX. It can be maddening to tweak the numerous settings. I did the trial and error thing for hours. But, once I was happy with the settings, clown fish never looked so good, (in my living room).]]>Aug 16th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
1. Swap 2 of those 4 USB ports with eSATA ports, and put a RAID 0/1 controller on the mboard (it should cost Apple less than $10 per machine to do it)

2. Support BootCamp on the Mini when the next version of OSX comes out.

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2. i am pretty sure it does support boot camp]]>Aug 16th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
@Phil: The mini does bootcamp just fine, I am using bootcamp on my 1.66GHz Core Duo with 2GB RAM just fine! ]]>Aug 16th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
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I know it totally kills the space issue, but it would be a nice low power, quiet file server/NAS.

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You can also replace the processor if you wish as long as you don't mind the roar of a 5000 rpm fan. By syliss's standards it's not that hard either.]]>Aug 16th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/
I don't personally like or recommend DisplayConfigX. It offers no information on existing video modes nor any help for setting up custom ones, it is possible to get the machine into a state that can't be recovered from without a clean install, and the author provides no support whatsoever while happily taking your money. Try SwitchResX instead.]]>Aug 16th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 16th 2007 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 17th 2007 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 17th 2007 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/16/core-2-duo-mac-mini-gets-tested/Aug 18th 2007 1:34PM