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Core 2 duo mac mini

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Dotty

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Hay there, i bought a mac mini a while back (intel 1.5 processor - no longer available) and now I'm thinking of upgrading it. Now i know that the new mini's ship with the core 2 duo processor, i was just wondering what the max core2duo chip is supported by my mac mini?

Cheers.
 
Dotty,

They still ship with Core Duo processors, and only 1.83GHz, so your model ain't that out of date.
 
So what core2duo chip would work? i read that someone simply swapped the chip with a 2.16 core2duo and it worked fine. Just wanted to know what people around here think. The 2.16 core2's are now only £120. Might be a very good, and cheap, upgrade for me.
 
Dotty said:
Screw that! I'm not paying £500 for a processor.
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Perhaps you should just consider holding onto your 1.5GHz Mac Mini a little while longer until Apple released new ones with Core 2 Duo processors and hopefully faster graphics. Perhaps at WWDC.... 🙂
 
dmw007 said:
Perhaps you should just consider holding onto your 1.5GHz Mac Mini a little while longer until Apple released new ones with Core 2 Duo processors and hopefully faster graphics. Perhaps at WWDC.... 🙂
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And make another bad investment in a mobile-based "desktop"...

Better have Apple come up with the minitower.
 
dmw007 said:
Perhaps you should just consider holding onto your 1.5GHz Mac Mini a little while longer until Apple released new ones with Core 2 Duo processors and hopefully faster graphics. Perhaps at WWDC.... 🙂
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Well the T7200 seems a tidy processor. Few on ebay for about £140. Seems a tidy investment. I don't use my mac for games or stuff which requires a fast graphics card. I just bought 2gb (2x1gb) for £50 which is VERY cheap considering apple charges £150. Now looking to upgrade my processor.

Anyone bought any CPU's from ebay?

i was looking at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250126159049

Thanks for all the help so far!
 
I think the T7200 it is.

How about temperature issues? I hear that it runs cooler than the coresolo?
 
I swapped out my core duo 1.6ghz with a core duo 2 1.6ghz (got a good deal). Benchmarks around 10% faster. Heat output about the same. Obviously the t7200 will run a bit warmer.
 
Somebody had a thread here yesterday about a fully modded mini. 2.33Ghz C2D, Wireless n card, 2G ram, 250G hard disk. He said the temp was about 10C higher, iirc.
 
It would seem to me that the Mini is at about the end of it's life cycle. I would not expect any more updates to this forgotten Mac. instead hopefully we will see it replaced with something new, Maybe in inexpensive Mac w/o a monitor that uses desktop parts instead of laptop parts. <--(less expensive upgrades, expandable)
 
I haven't forgotten about my mini yet. It's there everyday I sit at my desk. And it's still on the Apple store. (Yet where are the brushed aluminum iMacs? 🙄)
 
synth3tik said:
It would seem to me that the Mini is at about the end of it's life cycle. I would not expect any more updates to this forgotten Mac. instead hopefully we will see it replaced with something new, Maybe in inexpensive Mac w/o a monitor that uses desktop parts instead of laptop parts. <--(less expensive upgrades, expandable)
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One can only hope that this will be the case. Mac Pro Minis next Tuesday! 😉 😀 :apple:
 
I upgraded my mini with the T7600. Cost my $659 though. Got the Core Duo 1.66ghz chip for sale for $95. PM me if interested. 🙂
 
$695? That is crazy, but more power to you. Literally. At that price I'd be tempted to buy another mini and split tasks between the two. 🙂
 
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