Re:Intel's 4-inch "Next Unit of Computing" to cost $400
by brightrhino on Friday June 08, 2012 @01:12PM
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Oh look, intel invented a mac mini without a hard drive.
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Re:Intel's 4-inch "Next Unit of Computing" to cost $400
by hollerith on Friday June 08, 2012 @01:41PM
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The TDP of the processor in the current Mac mini is 35 W (which is what makes the mini different from most desktop systems, whose processors usually have TDPs in the 65 W to 95 W range) whereas the TDP of the (Ivy Bridge) processor in this thing is 17 W, which I am guessing is what makes it possible to shrink the size so much relative to the Mac mini.
Re:Intel's 4-inch "Next Unit of Computing" to cost $400
by rhplus on Friday June 08, 2012 @01:43PM
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The Mac mini is 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches. That's almost four times the volume of this thing (4 x 4 x ? inches).
Re:Intel's 4-inch "Next Unit of Computing" to cost $400
by brightrhino on Friday June 08, 2012 @02:28PM
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The mac mini is also available with a quad core i7 and a hard drive. Cooling is already designed into the mac mini enclosure, which the article mentions has not been finalized in the version shown. I don't see this as much of an accomplishment.
Re:Intel's 4-inch "Next Unit of Computing" to cost $400
by cheatercheater on Sunday June 10, 2012 @01:50AM
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Came here to post that. The fact that Intel's version, years later, sports half the TDP and half the size isn't an innovation, it's just an optimization. As much as I hate Apple hardware I must again admit they did a thing there worth considering. No idea why you got the downvotes.