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DIY Mac mini Overclocking
mirko writes "So, you wanted a 1,42GHz Mac mini but either because of some distribution woes or because of your tight budget you could just get a 1,25GHz ?
Don't worry : Leo Bodnar just found out how to overclock your machine. Of course, you'll have to open it prior to anything else but you already know how to do this."
On my computer, I can controll voltage, FSB, multiplier, fan speed, and so on from Windows, and don't even have to reboot to change those settings. I think this is a result of the open competition between manufacturers, and as longa s Mac's are the toy of a single company, they will always lack this aspect of providing what the customers REALLY want or need, but only what the company is willing to provide.
who | grep -i blond | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
like the ipod, mac mini's will probably be plagued by issues, probably realted with heat. the only good thing i can say about it is the design, and i dont buy computers on just how it looks. really, if people want more power and afforability in a small form factor pc, they should just get a shuttle xpc. its cheaper, far faster, and better for upgrading. or even go a cheaper route and get one of those itx boards.
you're under a tight budget, why'd you get a mac in the first place?
I didn't even know you could BUY processors that slow any more!
There seems to be a disproportionate amount of Apple news on this site when you consider how small of a share of the market they have.
I'm a hardcore computer nerd, but this Apple news isn't the slightest bit interesting to me.
(now all the Mac zealots are going to mod me down for saying that, even though a PC fan wouldn't mod down Mac fan for stating his viewpoint. "Thinking different" seems to be a one way street with Apple fans)
I dare any challenge in computing power between a low end dell and a Mac Mini. :)
Pretty Pictures!
So what your saying is that mac is targeting the mini to take the place of the 30 old machines in my closet. I can use it as a server or as a router?
And if I did want the equivilant of a mini.. yes I could build it for much cheaper, after all we are talking about 2 year old hardware here. People practically give it away. Perhaps you Apple fan boys need to actually read before you flame, I said that I want a Mac. Actually you gave me another reson not to get one, you guys are more snooty than us Linux boys.
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Actually, it's not just an OS. There's word processing, presentation, photo, video editing, and music creation applications provided as well.
I've seen other people write that before, and justed wanted to clarify this:
The iWork '05 package is not included when you buy a Mac Mini. iLife '05 is.
So, unless you count TextEdit (yeah, I know some people do), there is no word processing included - and certainly no presentation programm.
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