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iMac Core 2 Duo.
Yeah... but isn't the video performance just plain horrible? If I could get the disc, I would try it. I'm usually pretty good at making games run on older hardware with good framerates.
Now that's just sick. Cut that out. I could never do that. I'd feel like I'd raped my computer. :OAh, but can it do this... :lol:Doesn't beat my iLamp conquest.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4199/picture1za7.png
I assure you, the iMac is loving every second of it.
*Bitch slaps iMac600*
BAD!
Oh come on, no-one could enjoy that. It's like being given a Rolls Royce and using it for drag races. :lol:
BAD!
Oh come on, no-one could enjoy that. It's like being given a Rolls Royce and using it for drag races. :lol:
I'd drag race a Rolls Royce... :-/
Not bad though, the fact it can run Windows so well... I thought the PowerPC G4 was fast, but this absolutely blows it away. Can't wait to do some serious project work or video editing on it.
Really? They must cripple the Minis then because I've never been happy with the speed of mine. About as slow as Lucille Ball in a physics lab.
Isn't your mini an original Core Duo (rather than Core 2 Duo) heebie? That'd explain the speed difference.
Blimey, what a memory. :
Didn't realise it made so much difference.
Didn't realise it made so much difference.
Big difference, a Core Duo is basically two Pentium M's slapped together on one chip. A Core 2 Duo is a much newer, faster design, and is 64 bit also.
The other thing is that if you've been on a Core or Core2 for awhile, it can seem "the same as it always has been" after awhile. Upgrading from a single sub-1000MHz G3/G4 to any Core2 is a massive difference. I remember when I got my iMac, it's the with-graphics version of this, and a faster processor (2.16.) Definitely nice machines.
The biggest thing to watch out for is overheating hard disks, but that was during summer, when I was running SETI, in a much hotter place, plus the disk may have been bad in general. I haven't noticed any issues with mine, just under a year on from that original issue.
Other than that, it should be a screaming machine for quite some time. Excellent find, iMac600.
The biggest thing to watch out for is overheating hard disks, but that was during summer, when I was running SETI, in a much hotter place, plus the disk may have been bad in general. I haven't noticed any issues with mine, just under a year on from that original issue.
Other than that, it should be a screaming machine for quite some time. Excellent find, iMac600.
I just think they must cripple the Minis somehow. I expected it to run like OS9 on my G4, but it just feels slow. Programmes take a while to open and there's a delay before windows appear. Not complaining mind you; it's good enough. ;D
Another difference may be the hard disk drive, iMac ships with a full 3.5-inch 7200rpm drive.
Yes, it could be the slower internal hard drive, like Cory mentioned (the mini has a laptop 5400 RPM hard drive...). Have you tried booting off an external FireWire drive? The performance should increase significantly...