Benchmarks: Mac Mini’s brain replaced with a Core 2 Duo

coltssaturday · coltssaturday #1 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 07:14 PM

Faithful Macenstein reader rico sent us a posting on the Taiwanese forum Oikos discussing the results of replacing an Intel Mac mini’s standard Core Duo chip with a Core 2 Duo chip (the 2.16GHz Merom T740). After a quick Babelfish “Traditional Chinese-to-English” translation, we can see why he was so excited!

Read more HERE.

BiT · BiT #2 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 08:51 PM

haha, I saw this a little while ago on TUAW.

coltssaturday · coltssaturday #3 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biggyme13

haha, I saw this a little while ago on TUAW.

yep, and it said that this chip could beat the best PowerMac G5 right now.

Holy cow!

DCraver · DCraver #4 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 08:54 PM

Why don't we get them?

EDIT - Oops, read it wrong. I get it now.

coltssaturday · coltssaturday #5 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCraver

Why don't we get them?

Do you mean why we don't get the new chips in macs or pc's right now??

coltssaturday · coltssaturday #6 (**permalink**)

06-13-2006, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCraver

Why don't we get them?

EDIT - Oops, read it wrong. I get it now.

alright.

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coltssaturday #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2006 Location: 123.45.6.7 Posts: 827	06-13-2006, 07:14 PM Faithful Macenstein reader rico sent us a posting on the Taiwanese forum Oikos discussing the results of replacing an Intel Mac mini’s standard Core Duo chip with a Core 2 Duo chip (the 2.16GHz Merom T740). After a quick Babelfish “Traditional Chinese-to-English” translation, we can see why he was so excited! Read more HERE.
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BiT #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 23, 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 409 Mac Specs: 20" Intel core duo iMac. 15.4" MBP, 100GB, 256MB vRAM, 1GB RAM, 2.16GHz	06-13-2006, 08:51 PM haha, I saw this a little while ago on TUAW.
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DCraver #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 23, 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 747 Mac Specs: iMac G5	06-13-2006, 08:54 PM Why don't we get them? EDIT - Oops, read it wrong. I get it now.
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