So how long until an i5/i7 MacMini?

[pRICE cUBE]

M A V I C wrote:
An i5 or i7 mini wont happen for a very long time, if ever. Benchmarks have the i7 out performing a MacPro in Photoshop. There's no way Apple is going to release a $600 machine that bests their $2600 machines.

Maybe we will have 8 and 16 core mac pros by then.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

No i5, maybe an i3 in February or July.

[jdc]

its not a real i7 chip.

[blusubaru]

Never, unless future technology allows the i5 or i7 runs on 1/3 the power. The point of a Mini is that it is very economical in the power usage department. It's not an Intel Atom, but it's a realistic "do everything" computer. The new Mini's use 110watts, the original G4 Mini's 85watts. Because of this I don't think we'll see much of an increase over the Core2Duo range any time soon as even the highest C2D CPU's draw 65w right now. The Quads obviously go up from there.

[decay]

[Dick Moore]

I'll bid "never."

[M A V I C]

blusubaru wrote:
Never, unless future technology allows the i5 or i7 runs on 1/3 the power. The point of a Mini is that it is very economical in the power usage department. It's not an Intel Atom, but it's a realistic "do everything" computer. The new Mini's use 110watts, the original G4 Mini's 85watts. Because of this I don't think we'll see much of an increase over the Core2Duo range any time soon as even the highest C2D CPU's draw 65w right now. The Quads obviously go up from there.

Yep. The C2D in the mini is rated at 25W TDP.