Actually, once they overclocked it to 2.4 with a 533 bus, it went clock for clock with the A64. So, once the Sonomas come out at a higher clock and the faster bus, it should be very competative.
Maybe next year they can ramp up the speed and add a second core and that would be one hell of a machine.
I'm disappointed in the P-M results. I was really hoping that a Pentium-M would run neck-to-neck with the desktop parts, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Looks like my next PC will be an A64 after all.
Personally, I don't think of the Mac mini as a very good HTPC. The OS isn't set up for it, and the DVD Player.app in OS X needs work for deinterlacing.
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jonny13 - Tuesday, February 8, 2005 - link
Actually, once they overclocked it to 2.4 with a 533 bus, it went clock for clock with the A64. So, once the Sonomas come out at a higher clock and the faster bus, it should be very competative.Maybe next year they can ramp up the speed and add a second core and that would be one hell of a machine.
Live - Tuesday, February 8, 2005 - link
Make sure you overclock that mini. You know you want to :)GL - Monday, February 7, 2005 - link
I'm disappointed in the P-M results. I was really hoping that a Pentium-M would run neck-to-neck with the desktop parts, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Looks like my next PC will be an A64 after all.Ecgtheow - Monday, February 7, 2005 - link
#1: Me too. The only reason I can think of is "it's small" and that's not a very good one.Eug - Monday, February 7, 2005 - link
Personally, I don't think of the Mac mini as a very good HTPC. The OS isn't set up for it, and the DVD Player.app in OS X needs work for deinterlacing.Plus it's not powerful enough for Hi-Def.
Anyways, I'm off to read the Dothan article...