Wrong listed specs?

[BoneDaddy]

I won this "quad core"...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Late-2.../112279063668?nav=WON&trxId=0&redirect=mobile

Upon typing in the serial number, it looks like it is only dual core.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i5-2.5-late-2012-specs.html

Am I missing something? Is it really a quad core?

Are there any quad core i5's in mac minis?

 

[jpietrzak8]

Are there any quad core i5's in mac minis?

I don't recall any. A quick check of the Mac Mini Wiki page doesn't list any quad-core i5 options either...

 

[treekram]

Looking at the listing, the only thing wrong about it is the "quad core" in the title, the "Item Specifics" in the Description are OK. The i5 used in this Mini is dual-core with hyperthreading, which makes it appear to the OS that there are 4 threads, not 2, which would be the case if the i5 did not have hyperthreading. Did the seller use the term "quad core" to deceive the less educated buyer or is is the seller unclear about how these Intel processors work? I don't know. But if you did have a quad-core i5 (there are some available, but not in the 2012 Mini and I don't believe they are offered for mobile processors, which all Mini's have used since they moved to the current case), it would not have hyperthreading and so wouldn't offer all that much advantage over the dual-core with hyperthreading.

 

[Count Blah]

'Mac Mini', 'i5' and 'quad core' are three phrases that, unfortunately, do not go together.

Other than that, putting in 16Gigs of RAM and an SSD, and it's a mighty fine machine.

 

[BoneDaddy]

Thanks all. I am pretty well versed on everything Mac, I just gave myself the opportunity to think I may have missed something.

It just popped up in my feed, so I bid and won. Otherwise, I don't need it. Just thought it was going to be an insane deal. Guess I gotta cancel.

Everyone have a good week.

 

[BrianBaughn]

It's a case of "seller didn't understand what he was selling" and "buyer didn't understand what he was buying".

 

[BoneDaddy]

It's a case of "seller didn't understand what he was selling" and "buyer didn't understand what he was buying".

Not exactly. I understood. I just acknowledge the possibility that I didn't get something. There was only three minutes so I decided to bid, just in case he accodently put i5 instead of i7.

After, I looked up the serial number. That's when I pretty much knew.