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advice needed: 2009 pro vs mini
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<blockquote data-quote="d0ubledown" data-source="post: 1560526" data-attributes="member: 318288"><p>thanks for the reply harry. yes, the plan is to eventually get up to 16GB ram, but I will have to make do with 6 in the pro for the time being...</p><p></p><p>where did you find those Geekbench scores? are those for the quad core or the 8 core? the geekbench scores i found posted much lower numbers, and much lower than the current mac mini gets:</p><p></p><p>2009 2.66 quad:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?q=model:%22Mac%20Pro%20%28Early%202009%29%22%20platform:%22Mac%22%20processor:%22Intel%20Xeon%20W3520%22%20frequency:2670%20bits:32" target="_blank">model:"Mac Pro (Early 2009)" platform:"Mac" processor:"Intel Xeon W3520" frequency:2670 bits:32 - Geekbench Search - Geekbench Browser</a></p><p></p><p>2013 mini i7:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?q=model:%22Mac%20mini%20%28Late%202012%29%22%20platform:%22Mac%22%20processor:%22Intel%20Core%20i7-3720QM%22%20frequency:2600%20bits:32" target="_blank">model:"Mac mini (Late 2012)" platform:"Mac" processor:"Intel Core i7-3720QM" frequency:2600 bits:32 - Geekbench Search - Geekbench Browser</a></p><p></p><p>or am i reading the wrong scores?</p><p></p><p>the mini seems to have much better geekbench scores, not surprisingly as its current technology, but i thought the 09 quad would have held its own a bit better...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d0ubledown, post: 1560526, member: 318288"] thanks for the reply harry. yes, the plan is to eventually get up to 16GB ram, but I will have to make do with 6 in the pro for the time being... where did you find those Geekbench scores? are those for the quad core or the 8 core? the geekbench scores i found posted much lower numbers, and much lower than the current mac mini gets: 2009 2.66 quad: [url=http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?q=model:%22Mac%20Pro%20%28Early%202009%29%22%20platform:%22Mac%22%20processor:%22Intel%20Xeon%20W3520%22%20frequency:2670%20bits:32]model:"Mac Pro (Early 2009)" platform:"Mac" processor:"Intel Xeon W3520" frequency:2670 bits:32 - Geekbench Search - Geekbench Browser[/url] 2013 mini i7: [url=http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?q=model:%22Mac%20mini%20%28Late%202012%29%22%20platform:%22Mac%22%20processor:%22Intel%20Core%20i7-3720QM%22%20frequency:2600%20bits:32]model:"Mac mini (Late 2012)" platform:"Mac" processor:"Intel Core i7-3720QM" frequency:2600 bits:32 - Geekbench Search - Geekbench Browser[/url] or am i reading the wrong scores? the mini seems to have much better geekbench scores, not surprisingly as its current technology, but i thought the 09 quad would have held its own a bit better... [/QUOTE]
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