Other than the obvious math difference in 2.26 GHz and 2.0 GHz, would there be any major performance decrease in going with the 2.0 Mini? I can get it more cheaper from Amazon than I can from Apple Education.
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Other than .26 GHz, ? diff in 2.0 and 2.26?
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Agreed. Memory and faster Drive will be more noticeable than a fraction of processing power.
*I can get it cheaper from Amazon.
Ah the addition of Apple Education makes this so much funnier
But its probably best off just getting 2.0 GHz and upgrading the RAM, i'm not so sure you can add RAM to a Mac Mini by yourself, probably best to get it done by Apple.
*I can get it cheaper from Amazon.
Ah the addition of Apple Education makes this so much funnier
But its probably best off just getting 2.0 GHz and upgrading the RAM, i'm not so sure you can add RAM to a Mac Mini by yourself, probably best to get it done by Apple.
Say say it's easy to upgrade the Mac Mini ram, and others say it's hard. Some are happy they could do the upgrade themselves, others lament that's they've screwed something up and now there mini doesn't work right and they are worried they have voided their Apple warranty.
I pulled the trigger on the 2.0/4GB/320 Mini. Because I was calling about my iMac that still has not shipped, she put it on the same order which gives me free overnight shipping + she knocked off another $150 from the iMac!
I should have my Mini this week!
I should have my Mini this week!
I understand that the Mini's video card shares memory with the system. By going with the 4GB, that will give me 256 of video memory?
2.26. Go for the best on such an investment.
You'll get 256mb graphics memory on 2gb RAM or higher.
You'll get 256mb graphics memory on 2gb RAM or higher.
There is absolutely no difference in 'the graphics' on any of the new Mac mini's - they're all the same NVidia GeForce 9400M chips. The only difference is how much video memory the chip gets when you have different amounts of RAM installed. 4GB = 512MB, 2GB = 256MB etc
Just to clarify, it's actually:
1gig RAM = 128 megs dedicated to graphics
2gig RAM = 256 megs dedicated to graphics
3gig RAM = 256 megs dedicated to graphics
4gig RAM = 256 megs dedicated to graphics
The max is 256 megs; I upgraded my base-model mini to 4gigs and it has 256 megs dedicated to the GPU.
According to Intel the 2.26GHz processor has Intel VT-x optimizes performance when you running virtual machines; the 2.0Ghz model does not have that.
Contrary to what Intel publishes, my software tells me that the 2.0GHz model does have VT-x, but I don't know if I should believe Intel or my software.
Contrary to what Intel publishes, my software tells me that the 2.0GHz model does have VT-x, but I don't know if I should believe Intel or my software.
About a week or 2 ago, I read on one of the threads that what you are saying is correct and Intel site is incorrect. Intel would probably just say it was a "typo" on their part.