Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] New Apple Mac mini systems...

["George B. Robb III" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Also consider that Apple has full access to the true Intel compiler with 
all the optimizations they could ever desire...   Just think of your 
standard out of the box i386 2.6 vanilla Linux kernel on a Pentium 4 vs 
a recompiled 2.6 kernel with the cruft trimmed away optimized for that 
Pentium 4.  Hands down much faster...  Also the Apple optimized kernel 
has a very limited, and very well designed set of closed hardware that 
it has to deal with, forget the options of i386 support or Via and SiS 
chip sets. 


George



Jonathan King wrote:

> On 2/28/06, Jerry Gamblin <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
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>
> > Did they say it was 5* faster then the last MacMini? I'll always have
> > a memory of the intel chip on the slug.
> >    
>
> The "Core duo" Intel version is allegedly 4-5x faster than the Mini or
> things like SPECfp.  And that makes sense; this is the new Intel
> notebook chip set and it evidently is quite a bit faster than the last
> generation, especially the dual core version which had no equivalent
> before.  But there are other changes too, notably the speed of the
> front side bus and I think the amount of cache.
>
> jking
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