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Originally Posted by runawayprisoner
And when you think about it, the Sandy Bridge Core i5 in the Mac Mini can Turbo Boost to over 3GHz, making it almost on par with some of the higher end desktop chips.
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Still just dual-core, though. More than enough for video playback HTPC and most folks but it makes for noticeable performance drop if you use it often for 7-zip, etc. Granted, it's impossible to build something DIY with the MacMini's form factor and power envelope.
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Originally Posted by runawayprisoner
I don't know why it's that way. Intel obviously has a lot of headroom to expand their desktop chips' Turbo to 4GHz and beyond. The only explanation I have right now for this "performance fixing" scenario is that Intel and Apple are conspiring together to make it that way. But that's for another thread.  |
Nah, they don't have to conspire with Apple. I think Intel's just copying Apple's example now and purposely limiting CPU performance. They don't really have to compete with AMD so much like Apple does with their products, they're releasing marginal improvements to convince people to upgrade. Not that it's working.
As for the 4GHz Turbo, perhaps the issue is excess heat that will be generated and
noise. I think for Apple, keeping the Mac Mini near silent is more important than the marginal performance increase 4GHz will bring.
Last edited by rui-no-onna; April 17th, 2012 at 16:28..