Please compare the Power Mac Dual G4 800MHz vs Mac mini G4 1.42GHz
Thanks - Adam
Mac mini G4 1.42GHz (#M9971LL/B) -- Released July, 2005 Power Mac Dual G4 800MHz (#M8361LL/A ) -- Released July, 2001
Specifications:
Mac mini G4 1.42GHz has:
76% Faster processor clock speed - - 1.42GHz vs 800MHz
13% Less processor capacity - - 1.42GHz vs two times 800MHz
100% More L2 processor cache - - 512K vs 256K
76% Faster L2 processor cache - - 1.42GHz vs 800MHz
26% Faster system bus - - 167MHz vs 133MHz
100% More stock RAM memory - - 512MB vs 256MB
33% Less maximum RAM memory - - 1GB vs 1.5GB
67% Fewer RAM slots - - 1 vs 3
PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM memory vs PC133 SDRAM memory
More advanced graphics card - - ATI Radeon 9200 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TwinView
50% Less graphics memory - - 32MB vs 64MB
Faster rated optical drive - - SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
90% Slower wired networking - - vs 10/100BASE-T vs 10/100/1000BASE-T
391% faster wireless networking - - 54-Mbps AirPort vs 11-Mbps AirPort
50% Fewer FireWire ports - - 1 vs 2
3900% faster USB ports - - 480Mbps vs 12Mbps
91% Less weight - - 2.9 pounds (1.32 kg) vs 31 pounds (14.1 kg)
Mac mini G4 1.42GHz - additional features not found on other machine:
Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
DVI video output
Power Mac Dual G4 800MHz - additional features not found on other machine:
Second processor
ADC & 15-pin mini D-Sub VGA video connectors
Dual display support for extended desktop
2MB of level 3 cache per processor
Three hard drive bays
Four full-length 64-bit,33-MHz PCI slots
Built-in 56K V.90 modem card
Initial price difference: Mac mini G4 1.42GHz $2,800 Less - - $3,499 vs $699 Current price difference: Mac mini G4 1.42GHz $787 Less - - $622 vs $1,409 Computer Trade In Program
Performance
In Performance the Mac mini G4 1.42GHz is ....
Processor - 26% faster
Processor dual - 1% slower
On screen graphics - 20% slower
Copy Many Files - 19% faster
Copy Single Large File - 1% faster
iMovie Effect Render - 46% faster
A note on performance. Because of the time difference between when we tested these two machines, we are not able to provide you with detailed performance data, and some of the scores above are estimates based on adjusted, original data.
If you would like details on how we arrived at the performance numbers stated above, contact us with your specific question(s)
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