[X4U] Do you REALLY need matching memory in a Mini?

[Stroller]

I was thinking really in terms of things like minimising / maximising  
and repainting windows, Expose and all that sort of stuff. I think  
that all of these operations will us the GPU on a Mac, and as I said,  
even a small performance increase could make the machine feel  
"visibly snappier" even for just routine tasks.

Stroller.


On 26 Aug 2006, at 12:28, David R. Boag wrote:
> Then again, if graphic performance is a premium for you, the Mini  
> isn't really the choice in the first place. This machine will not  
> be doing much graphic-intensive work.
>
> On Aug 26, 2006, at 2:10 AM, Stroller wrote:
>> My only caveat in this is graphics performance. Since Mac Minis &  
>> regular MacBooks have on-board graphics which share the system  
>> RAM, single-channel may be a bottle-neck. A 10% gain in this area  
>> may be far more apparent than in the start-up time of Mail.app.