That should smoke a mac mini in power. The P-M is a really powerful proc for it's thermal output. If they can keep the price reasonable Aopen should sell a bunch of them.
If you're looking for something the size of a mac mini, and at the cost of a mac mini, why don't you want a mac mini?
can you run any 3d game or final cut pro in your mac mini, or just run any two renderer software, or just run adobe photoshop cs with adobe illustrator, it will freeze and go in to wait mode till 15 min. i got this machine for just demo and refuse to buy, even for my home. actually size is not impressive, it strucure says this machine can't go fo a long run. it also have problems with cooling,and ofcourse if memorry dosent get vent it means you need a big supply of DDRs... i am not a single machine user i have a full review of. Power mac g4, g5, emac, imac, imacG5. So what you say :shakehead
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BlackHawkBible music connoisseurThere's no place like 127.0.0.1Icrontian
can you run any 3d game or final cut pro in your mac mini, or just run any two renderer software, or just run adobe photoshop cs with adobe illustrator, it will freeze and go in to wait mode till 15 min. i got this machine for just demo and refuse to buy, even for my home. actually size is not impressive, it strucure says this machine can't go fo a long run. it also have problems with cooling,and ofcourse if memorry dosent get vent it means you need a big supply of DDRs... i am not a single machine user i have a full review of. Power mac g4, g5, emac, imac, imacG5. So what you say :shakehead
I don't think the mac mini was actually made for that heavy load. That's why they offer the Power Mac.
can you run any 3d game or final cut pro in your mac mini, or just run any two renderer software, or just run adobe photoshop cs with adobe illustrator, it will freeze and go in to wait mode till 15 min. i got this machine for just demo and refuse to buy, even for my home. actually size is not impressive, it strucure says this machine can't go fo a long run. it also have problems with cooling,and ofcourse if memorry dosent get vent it means you need a big supply of DDRs... i am not a single machine user i have a full review of. Power mac g4, g5, emac, imac, imacG5. So what you say :shakehead
fair enough
but
will this aopen thing be able to do all that?
i dont know, i am genuinely asking a question, not trying to be smart
The Pentium M is an outstanding chip. Based on the Taulatin P3, if I remember correctly (which was so good it had to be dicontinued so people would buy the crappy first-run of P4s)
The Pentium M is an outstanding chip. Based on the Taulatin P3, if I remember correctly (which was so good it had to be dicontinued so people would buy the crappy first-run of P4s)
Yup no netburst
Basicly intel tryed to make the most effcient chip they could ... and it worked .
Interesting thing about the Pentium M, I saw a review I think in either PC World, or PC Magazine rating the top computers (or I think they may have been media centers).
Voodoo had one with the Pentium M in a desktop, and it destoried the other top end chips (Intel P4, and AMD) in the ratings!
P-M is great, as long as you don't go for pure CPU power applications, like games.
Anandtech http://anandtech.com/systems/ is reviewing verious Small Form Factor systems. Some look very nice. They aren't as small as a MiniMac, but they are full powered machines.
wow...looked like they tried to cram to much into to little. I dont know if i would have any other use for it than to use it for an htpc, but it doesnt have a tv encoder on it.
Looks great but I fear by the time it makes it to market in time Apple will have released their new Mini's with Intel's new next generation Pentium M Yonah processor. Dual core Yonahs will rock for speed and low power. I already have my eyes on their San Francisco event in January as everyone says they are ready to release their Intel Macs way ahead of schedule. Meroms are said to be in the works for Apple as well.
If you haven't tried the Intel version of OS X ahem albeit a bit shadowy to do at the moment, this thing is really fast on Intel processors. It does keep my impatient mind happy while waiting for January. http://www.osx86project.org/
I like the small form factor a lot but the build quality and individual component quality on the Apple impressed me from what I have seen of it in the stores, my nasty humming sound card is making internet chat a bit unbearable and I don't want to spend any money until after the January event to see if I want to take the plunge on one of these things.
Intel has some stupid new hardware it seems that will let Apple lock people who have a regular old pc from running OS X but let the macs with intel processor run windows, linux or anything else in addition to OS X. Kind of a stinker for them to do that =/
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited November 2005
Intel has some stupid new hardware it seems that will let Apple lock people who have a regular old pc from running OS X but let the macs with intel processor run windows, linux or anything else in addition to OS X. Kind of a stinker for them to do that =/
Not exactly surprising. It's quintessential Steve Jobs - proprietary to the max. If Apple released OSX for other platforms, Apple's computer business would be dead within two years. Style and quality only go so far. Style and OSX are really the only unique factors Apple computers have. And yes, that's a good thing, if you are willing to pay the premium for it.
Did you see the update on the last linked article? 1.3 Celeron & 256MB RAM. Meh. They stated that as a base model but didn't mention available upgrades, ie. to a Pentium M.
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Expect it in september.
Its powered by a pentium M so it will use very little power and be quiet powerfull.
I caught something about "power" in there.
That should smoke a mac mini in power. The P-M is a really powerful proc for it's thermal output. If they can keep the price reasonable Aopen should sell a bunch of them.
Will they be cheap like the mac mini? I think they go for about 500.
can you run any 3d game or final cut pro in your mac mini, or just run any two renderer software, or just run adobe photoshop cs with adobe illustrator, it will freeze and go in to wait mode till 15 min. i got this machine for just demo and refuse to buy, even for my home. actually size is not impressive, it strucure says this machine can't go fo a long run. it also have problems with cooling,and ofcourse if memorry dosent get vent it means you need a big supply of DDRs... i am not a single machine user i have a full review of. Power mac g4, g5, emac, imac, imacG5. So what you say :shakehead
fair enough
but
will this aopen thing be able to do all that?
i dont know, i am genuinely asking a question, not trying to be smart
It will have a mobile intel processor a 1.7ghz mobile is about the same as a 3.4ghz desktop version.
anyone know a rough price?
I ment 3.2ghz
edit: No idea on price but I would say more then a mac mini.
Curious. That GHZ to PR rating you're saying it will have outpaces even the Athlon64 FX chips...
Basicly intel tryed to make the most effcient chip they could ... and it worked
Voodoo had one with the Pentium M in a desktop, and it destoried the other top end chips (Intel P4, and AMD) in the ratings!
Anandtech http://anandtech.com/systems/ is reviewing verious Small Form Factor systems. Some look very nice. They aren't as small as a MiniMac, but they are full powered machines.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=249
8 stacked up, it will be like a mini-server.
Yes its called a network cable
Looks great but I fear by the time it makes it to market in time Apple will have released their new Mini's with Intel's new next generation Pentium M Yonah processor. Dual core Yonahs will rock for speed and low power. I already have my eyes on their San Francisco event in January as everyone says they are ready to release their Intel Macs way ahead of schedule. Meroms are said to be in the works for Apple as well.
If you haven't tried the Intel version of OS X ahem albeit a bit shadowy to do at the moment, this thing is really fast on Intel processors. It does keep my impatient mind happy while waiting for January.
http://www.osx86project.org/
I like the small form factor a lot but the build quality and individual component quality on the Apple impressed me from what I have seen of it in the stores, my nasty humming sound card is making internet chat a bit unbearable and I don't want to spend any money until after the January event to see if I want to take the plunge on one of these things.
Intel has some stupid new hardware it seems that will let Apple lock people who have a regular old pc from running OS X but let the macs with intel processor run windows, linux or anything else in addition to OS X. Kind of a stinker for them to do that =/