How Fast Is 1.66 GHz Mac mini Core Duo?
Macs Only’s Bill Fox says: “We hoped Apple would release a Mac mini that could replace our workhorse Mac, an aging and highly upgraded Power Mac G4 Cube. The original Mac mini didn’t make the grade as it proved to be just the rough equivalent to our Cube according to our speed tests. When Apple released the new Mac mini Core Duo last week, we thought that Apple had answered our wish even though we had hoped for 1.83 GHz rather than 1.66 GHz and for a graphics system closer to the iMac Core Duo’s. We ordered one on Wednesday and it arrived on Friday. “We ordered the $799 1.66 GHz Core Duo model completely stock, including the 512 MB of RAM despite a nagging feeling that it just might need more. We felt it might need more RAM because it will be running Microsoft Office 2004, Adobe Photoshop Elements and iVisit in Rosetta, the Power PC emulation software, and Rosetta runs best with lots of RAM. In addition, the Mac mini Core Duo’s graphics system ‘takes’ 64 MB of the 512 MB system RAM. Bu
