zuzu on 11 Oct 2007 01:23:24 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac OS X question

  • From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac OS X question
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:23:17 -0400
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On 10/10/07, Edward Smola <meanderis@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:06 PM, zuzu wrote:
> >
> > as opposed to the C2D Mac Mini, which you can only get with up to 2GB
> > of RAM from Apple, but it supports up to 4GB (as sold by Other World
> > Computing as an upgrade kit).  I'm still not sure how this is possible
> > if the updated Mac Mini isn't using the Santa Rosa chipset; I thought
> > that was key to the 64-bit addressing required to handle both the
> > memory bus and the PCI-e.
>
> Techincal explanation if you want ( googled it since I couldn't
> articulate what I had previously read)
>
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/MacBook-Pro-Core-2-Duo-
> Limitations-39006.shtml

word, so the C2D Mac Mini does what every other 32-bit C2D system
does; I softly assumed that, but Mac Mini owners seemed to be more
vocal about (faux) "4GB" unlike previous iMac and MBP 3GB ceiling
owners.
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