I know we all want a refresh, the current one is 'old' etc etc. But what practical performance improvements do you expect?
The fastest mini I can find on primate labs is the 2009 2.66GHz C2D @ 3700 (geekbench). Current 2010 mac mini 2.66 is similar on 3634
if they put in the current 13" MBP i5-2415M 2.3 GHz, that comes in at 5945, so a healthy bump. But would that work in the current mini form factor?
I don't think there are any macs with i3 sandy bridges in, and the i5-2415m is still a 35W part like the i3s, so would that be the most likely option or would apple put an i3 in it?
I'm looking at options around how more capable such a machine would be at my worst case scenario - playing back a HD 1080p movie while realtime transcoding another 1080p stream to an appleTV or ipad using plex media server
The fastest mini I can find on primate labs is the 2009 2.66GHz C2D @ 3700 (geekbench). Current 2010 mac mini 2.66 is similar on 3634
if they put in the current 13" MBP i5-2415M 2.3 GHz, that comes in at 5945, so a healthy bump. But would that work in the current mini form factor?
I don't think there are any macs with i3 sandy bridges in, and the i5-2415m is still a 35W part like the i3s, so would that be the most likely option or would apple put an i3 in it?
I'm looking at options around how more capable such a machine would be at my worst case scenario - playing back a HD 1080p movie while realtime transcoding another 1080p stream to an appleTV or ipad using plex media server
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