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Re: Apple Mac Mini

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Post by rcchen »

So correct me if I'm wrong, but they appear to have done the same thing with the Mac Mini to achieve the lower price point as they did with the iMac earlier this year, by introducing a 1.4Ghz i5 model? I don't recall the base Mac Mini being as weak before...

Re: Apple Mac Mini

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Post by gambiting »

alexgaribay wrote: post #7
frandroid wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It better be able to do 5K, since the Thunderbolt will inevitably be upgraded to the same screen the new Retina iMac comes with...

It won't because the bandwidth of TB2 cannot transfer the amount of data needed for a 5K display. The new Retina iMacs can get away with it because it can interface with the graphics output directly.

Hmmmm my math can be wrong but I don't think you are correct:

5120x2880 = 14745600 pixels

14745600pixels x 3 colours, 1 byte each = 44236800 bytes

44236800/1024/1024 = 42.19MB each frame

42.19MB per frame x 60 frames a second = 2531.25MB.

TB2 has a bandwidth of 20Gbps = 2560MB/s

So yeah, theoretically TB2 has enough bandwidth. But it's a very tight fit.

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