Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Oct 2009 17:28 UTC
Apple As expected, Apple has refreshed its entire consumer line of Macintosh computers. The Mac mini, the MacBook, and the iMac lines of computers have all been overhauled, with the MacBook even getting a complete redesign. Prices in Europe have been dropped slightly, and there's a new mouse, too.
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nvidia 9400 still?
by poundsmack on Tue 20th Oct 2009 21:51 UTC
poundsmack
Member since:
2005-07-13

why not use the 200 or even the 100 series? feel like graphics got the cold shoulder in all these releases (with the exception of the high end ATI card option on the new imac).

RE: nvidia 9400 still?
by DigitalAxis on Tue 20th Oct 2009 21:59 in reply to "nvidia 9400 still?"
DigitalAxis Member since:
2005-08-28

I believe nVidia is having issues with those newer parts failing prematurely... basically nVidia screwed up their engineering big-time, used parts that have far higher tendancy to break under the heat stresses they're subjected to, and have been scrambling to fix it before all OEMs give up on them. Apple's moving to ATI now.

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RE[2]: nvidia 9400 still?
by tylerdurden on Wed 21st Oct 2009 17:27 in reply to "RE: nvidia 9400 still?"
tylerdurden Member since:
2009-03-17

No they are not.

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RE: nvidia 9400 still?
by license_2_blather on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 01:13 in reply to "nvidia 9400 still?"
license_2_blather Member since:
2006-02-05

I don't know that I'd call an ATI 4670 or 4850 "high-end". Decent, yes, but ATI makes better cards (even before the 5000 series came out).

The Mac Mini looks like it might make a nice MythTV frontend, though.

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RE[2]: nvidia 9400 still?
by MamiyaOtaru on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 01:32 in reply to "RE: nvidia 9400 still?"
MamiyaOtaru Member since:
2005-11-11

4850 is not bad at all. "Before the 5000 series" they had two chips that were faster (not counting crossfire and crossfire on one PCB0). It was certainly high end before Evergreen. It's still not bad now. It's an amazing jump over an nVidia 9400.

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