How fast is the “Early 2009/NVIDIA” Mac mini “Core 2 Duo” compared to earlier Mac mini models?
Please note that all systems mentioned in this Q&A have been discontinued. The “Early 2009/NVIDIA” Mac mini models were replaced by the “Late 2009” line on October 20, 2009. When Apple released the “Mid-2007” Mac mini “Core 2 Duo” models the company proudly proclaimed that the systems could “do everything up to 39% faster” than the Mac mini “Core Duo” models that they replaced. For the “Early 2009/NVIDIA” configurations — the Mac mini “Core 2 Duo” 2.0 (Early 2009/NVIDIA) — rather than providing an overall performance number, the company instead focused on graphics performance and remarked that these models provide “up to 5x faster performance” than the “Mid-2007” models due to the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. However, it is worth noting that Apple decided to compare the 2.26 GHz “Early 2009” custom configuration to the previous “Mid-2007” model equipped with a 2.0 GHz processor — available via build-to-order for an additional US$150 — rather than the stock “Early 2009”
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