Re: New Mac Mini with i5/7

[Phil Clevenger <phil.clevenger@gmail.com>]

Was not aware that the word "shebang" was common parlance in Sweden !

On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Per Boysen wrote:

> My live concert laptop has the two core i7 and although the CPU speed
> in MHz isn't that much higher this processor for me is the final boost
> that takes me over the CPU barrier for live performing. For studio
> work it is even more bang for the buck if you go for the four core
> model - given you are running recording production software that can
> take advantage of that.
> 
> I do studio productions in the MBP anyway, I just think the two cores
> are enough for the work I usually get called for. Only the two core
> MBP is available with such a small screen as 13" so for me it was a
> no-brainer. Funny that technology now has reached such an advanced
> stage that you don't look only at the processing powers when shopping
> a computer! Ew... it really wasn't fun back when an overclocked Intel
> Celeron was the way to go :-)
> 
> Next phase in tech I'm looking forward to is a version of Bidule that
> can run multi processor/core code with a clean audio fidelity. Can't
> be far away now... On the i7 MBP I'm running the full live shebang on
> just one core because it sounds best that way.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> www.looproom.com internet music hub
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>> 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.
>