[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Joshua Boyd]

On May 23, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Nadine Miller wrote:

> Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:25:19PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>> Of course, that was early in 2007 and there have been new Minis  
>>>> since  then which are nicer.
>>> 2 Gig of RAM is max supported RAM in current Mac Minis...[0]
>>>
>>> Lionel
>>>
>>> [0] http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
>> Supported only in the sense that Apple tells you it is supported.
>> It is possible to put 3 gigs in and use all 3 gigs.
>> I think it is possible to put 4 gigs in to turn on memory  
>> interleaving,
>> while only seeing 3 gigs still, but it is possible that I have that
>> crossed with the older MacBooks.
>
> I believe that's accurate from what I've read of late, trying to  
> decide what I'm going to purchase.
>
> If I don't go with the iMac, I'll probably go with the Macbook b/c  
> of the improved integrated graphics over the Mini.
>
> Of course, I'll probably dump more time into research since it's  
> likely new stuff will be announced at WWDC in a couple of weeks.

I sure hope so.  If nothing else, I'd like the Mini to be refreshed  
to have X3100 graphics and be able to fully use 4 gigs.