The Insides of the New Mac Mini

Guess I can rest my case in there being no space for a separate GPU IC.

The processor is socketed, which is neat.

Edit: If you can't express yourself in an intelligent fashion, don't do it at all.

Nak has some really high resolution shots (click the download original link at the top of the gallery) of a disassembled mini.

This thing is more densely packed than the G4 version. These make the internals of my Power Mac Cube look spacious in comparison.

The socket in the Mac Mini has one more pin than a regular Socket-478.

New001, does that mean it won't take stock processors?

I'm pretty sure the 479 pin socket isnt anything new. The dothan processor has been using it and I think I read somewhere before the release of any of the new macs that yonah would be too. It really isnt that big of a deal. Take a look around intel's site and you can find some decent information about its

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They sell both 478 pin and 479 ball versions, nothing new here. :pirate2:

I thought socket 479 was designed so people wouldn't run the chip on a desktop PC? When the mobile pent processor came out they were all the rage with gamers because supposedly the chips offered the same performance or better then the fx-55 athlon 64 which was going for over 1000.00 at the time. Also DFi and Asus released motherboards for 479 and there is also a converter ASUSTeK CT-479 that converts socket 478 to ..you know

I just posted the service manuals for the Intel Mac Mini's

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10848&hl=

I read somewhere, I think it was macworld also that because the processor is a socket it can be swapped out and the new core duo can be put in if you like.

I read somewhere, I think it was macworld also that because the processor is a socket it can be swapped out and the new core duo can be put in if you like.

It should most likely work just like how one of the Mac publications in Japan swapped out the T2500 in a 20" iMac to the T2600 (2.16GHz) just to see if it was doable. Of course, the T2600 currently costs more ($637 in 1Ku) than the entire Core Solo mini system. The only issue might be the effects of the additional heat and subsequent cooling ability though it is probably likely Apple has already engineered the system to handle up to a T2700.

Speaking of diasecting a Mac Mini, has anyone tried to "clone" the internal hard disk and then put it into a generic Intel box?

I have done this with windows machines very succesfully. Just wondering whether it will work as well with OSX.

New001, does that mean it won't take stock processors?

It can, if they're for the same socket as the Mini's.