[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Nadine Miller]

Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On May 23, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Nadine Miller wrote:
> 
>> Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:25:19PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>>> Of course, that was early in 2007 and there have been new Minis 
>>>>> since  then which are nicer.
>>>> 2 Gig of RAM is max supported RAM in current Mac Minis...[0]
>>>>
>>>> Lionel
>>>>
>>>> [0] http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>>> Supported only in the sense that Apple tells you it is supported.
>>> It is possible to put 3 gigs in and use all 3 gigs.
>>> I think it is possible to put 4 gigs in to turn on memory interleaving,
>>> while only seeing 3 gigs still, but it is possible that I have that
>>> crossed with the older MacBooks.
>>
>> I believe that's accurate from what I've read of late, trying to 
>> decide what I'm going to purchase.
>>
>> If I don't go with the iMac, I'll probably go with the Macbook b/c of 
>> the improved integrated graphics over the Mini.
>>
>> Of course, I'll probably dump more time into research since it's 
>> likely new stuff will be announced at WWDC in a couple of weeks.
> 
> I sure hope so.  If nothing else, I'd like the Mini to be refreshed to 
> have X3100 graphics and be able to fully use 4 gigs.

If the price points stayed the same on a Mini with X3100, that would 
make it a no-brainer for me.

=Nadine=