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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."
Stewed apple.
Oh, I was apparently wrong. As long as you don't break it, the warranty is still valid.
So you are saying the warranty is valid only if you don't need it? :)
This is for the electrical engineers:
Why is the MoBo blue? Is there a signifigance to the color of the board? Or did Apple just pick it because on the order sheet it was "aqua"?
Because Red mobos run the fastest, and Apple didn't want to make the Mac Mini too fast otherwise it would have killed G5 sales.
Then your iMac Mini will be about as valuable as a melted iMac Mini! This will give a whole new meaning to the Rip, Mix, Burn media campaign.
If every single computer user was a geek then you'd have a valid point, but you fail to realize 0% of the worlds computing population care about that stuff.
Surely geeks must make up some non-zero percentage of the computing population.
Ten dollars to the company that makes the first tie-dye motherboard!
Why is the MoBo blue?
They come in all colors depending on the shop that makes them.
If you would like, you can call this Steve's "blue period."
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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.
Actually, I think this is the result of Windows users who are emotionally insecure, and willing to clutch at any straws they can to reassure themselves their rig is "better" than a Mac.
--R.J.
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'I mean, the company motto is "It Just Works."'
To which Microsoft appended: "but only just".
Sorry, but if someone is going to tell me how to open my brand new computer and mess around with its internal workings, I don't want to read things like this:
Here is the bottom of the board. Or whatever you call it.
The next comment I write will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!
For such a venture, I'm going to need a grant or sponsorship.
Pretty Pictures!
Funnily enough, the BMW Mini One can be 'overclocked' too. Like the CPU in the two Mac Mini models, both the One and the Cooper have the same 1.6 litre engine, the only difference being the engine management software.
We don't get the Mini One in the US; I had to look it up. 90 horsepower? You poor bastards.
Downmodding is the refuge of the weak. Don't downmod, make a better argument!
Letting a laptop get too hot has its bad side and its good site.
:)
Bad: You could kill it.
Good: Free birth control. (remember the story about laptops, heat and fertility?)
Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!
Um, yeah.
So, you are going to keep these around long enough without losing them so you can put them back? Good luck.
Be a PATRIOT--because the only thing we have to fear is the lack thereof.
Someone should tell intel that 133*4=532. Looks like they still haven't fixed that multiplication bug from the original pentium...
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