Yonah in Mac Mini?

eswank

There has been speculation on other boards, and some say that there is no way that Apple could provide a Yonah Mini, given the price of the Yonah (about $150-200 for 1.6 GHz [$209 retail price]). They argue that the Mini will get a Celeron M. I'm not so sure.



What do y'all think?

chucker

Um, the retail price of the 1.42 GHz 7747A is $532.07 US.



These price arguments are all pointless since Apple is getting huge volume discounts.

sunilraman

ouch. celeron M would be so evil.... \

hmurchison

How would these people presume to know what Apple is paying for a Yonah chip?



If the 1.6Ghz Intel Core Solo Yonah is $209 in lot's of 10k what would Apple get for buying say 3 million or more? Obviously a hell of a lot lower than the sap buying 10k.

robin hood

I can definitely see the Mac mini getting a 1.67GHz Yonah processor: don't assume anything by the retail price, as has been said. Although... Anything you read here is probably pure speculation, so don't be surprised if it does not happen. It really depends on what kind of pricing Apple can get.

jootec from mars

Celeron M! Youch. I'd rather have Intel Integrated Grpahics. And I really, really don't want Intel Integrated Graphics in a Mac.

robin hood

Hah ha ha! Celeron M! Prepare yourself for the original Celeron with last years Intel integrated graphics. This puppy will pack some serious, uh, heat.

robin hood

By the way, the new Intel Celeron processes are that bad at all, certainly a lot better than most people think. The original Celeron did suck badly, though, and that's probably why many people have a knee-jerk reaction.



I am hoping for some kind of Yonah in the mini, and I think it's in the realms of possibility that we'll see it.

nofeer

for what most do with a mini, it works, is it suppose to be a "famer" machine. most won't use the capability of a celeron most use it for what???? internet, itunes, ilife etc. what is the consumer for the mini, ibook, pb etc.

gene clean

Quote:

Originally posted by NOFEER

for what most do with a mini, it works, is it suppose to be a "famer" machine. most won't use the capability of a celeron most use it for what???? internet, itunes, ilife etc. what is the consumer for the mini, ibook, pb etc.

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chucker

Quote:

Originally posted by NOFEER

for what most do with a mini, it works, is it suppose to be a "famer" machine. most won't use the capability of a celeron most use it for what???? internet, itunes, ilife etc. what is the consumer for the mini, ibook, pb etc.

http://engrish.com/

sunilraman

ROFLMAO. i too had no idea what the FUCK noFeer was trying to say. WTF is a "famer" machine????

wmf

Next year's Celeron M ought to be similar to this year's Pentium M, which is not a bad processor at all.

tubgirl

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Originally posted by wmf

Next year's Celeron M ought to be similar to this year's Pentium M, which is not a bad processor at all.

right.

todays celeron m is actually a pentium m with 'only' 1mb of l2 cache. it is not quite as fast and the nifty power saving tricks are not as effective, but as been said, this chip would be better at what most people will use their mini for.



(and yes, the mini will have some low cost, low power, effective, to-the-point intel gma mediachip.)

eswank

Quote:

Originally posted by tubgirl

right.

todays celeron m is actually a pentium m with 'only' 1mb of l2 cache. it is not quite as fast and the nifty power saving tricks are not as effective, but as been said, this chip would be better at what most people will use their mini for.



(and yes, the mini will have some low cost, low power, effective, to-the-point intel gma mediachip.)

Thanks for the replies.



I personally have no problem with the Celery processor (as all of you have addressed the myths of the Celery), as long as it is capable of doing DV and GarageBand well. I think any offering for the mini must be a step up (not a step to the side) from the POSTED specs of current mini. The intel mini should be able to handle all the OS X basics well (iMovie DV and GarageBand). I think that should be the only requirement for the processor. I also think that the savings that the Celeron brings should be put back into the video card to get the thing CoreImage compliant.



I hope the mini doesn't get a "cheap machine" stigma; even though it is inexpensive, it offers a pretty decent little package for what most people need.



edit: Perhaps all those years of disappointment with processor updates in the Mac will be reversed, and we will see a nicely spec'd Yonah Mini at MWSF?