About the new Mac Mini's video card (or lack thereof)
A lot of people have expressed concern over the fact that the new Intel-based Mac Mini uses an integrated Intel graphics chip, as opposed to a separate, higher-powered dedicated graphics card. In effect, this is like getting a built-in low-end VCR with your new TV, as opposed to getting a high-end VCR that's really designed to be a VCR.
While it's true that even a relatively low-end graphics card would provide superior graphic capabilities than the integrated chip (particularly for games), it seems like the Mac Mini's graphics capabilities will be well-suited for the kinds of things most Mac Minis will be used for- i.e. media center applications.
This article also provides some relief.
posted by Jeff @ 3/01/2006 03:04:00 PM
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Intel Integrated Graphics are the worst cards imaginable. They're only marginally acceptable for even the weakest of things.
Anyone who attempts to multitask using that Mac mini will quickly discover just how much those cards suck.
Most games don't even attempt to support them anymore. Mention the words "intel integrated" to game developers and they shudder.
But then again, my G4 Mac mini doesn't even need a monitor hooked up to it, so it doesn't bother me.
...but I'd be really pissed if I had planned on using it as a desktop replacement. It's a stupid move by Apple.
I have to agree with Jason...it is a stupid move by Apple.
I'll take discrete graphics with a separate memory space anyday over share memory between RAM and video.
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