Re: New Mac Mini with i5/7

[Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>]

you got me interested Van ill check that out!
and what about a screen? what would you hook up that is smaller than
the integrated screen on the mini laptops?

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:19 PM, van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk> 
wrote:
> So, Apple just released not only an updated lappie, but also, finally, 
> after
> much rumour, an updated Mini.
> Comes with core i5 or i7, up to 8GB ram, 500GB drive or 256GB SSD, Radeon
> 6630 graphics, and the usual I/O, like FW800.
>
> A friend of mine, whom among other things builds media centers, says 
> i5/i7
> in real life never goes past 45watts no matter what work he puts them, 
> incl.
> graphics/video rendering, so this should be nice for a home/project 
> studio.
>
> I'm seriously concidering selling off two lappies and shop the Mini with 
> the
> SSD and at least 4GB ram.  I'd likely house my audio on an external FW
> drive.
> Sharing the drive and a Fireface400 on the FW800 may be an issue to
> resolve..
>
> --
> rgds,
> van Sinn
>
>



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