Old mini vs new mini for video work?

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Old mini vs new mini for video work?

I have a 2008 Mini c2d 4GB and I'm thinking about upgrading to the "new" mini.
My question is: will I gain any performance in video editing over my current Mini?
I will configure the new one exactly like my old Mini.
Software = iMovie 09 and iMove HD

Thanks,
Chuck
Chico, CA

mini c2d 2.0, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 4 GB ram

Posted on Mar 25, 2009 7:53 AM

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Answer 1

Tim Haigh

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Mar 25, 2009 8:33 AM in response to calldrin

macworld posted some benchmarks

http://www.macworld.com/article/139267/2009/03/macmini2009.html

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Answer 2

Mar 25, 2009 6:00 PM in response to calldrin

My brother and I have been playing with his new MAXMini, iMac, PM g5... He's currently testing it against the C2D MacMini 1.83 in my home theater.

At 1200x800 there's no difference between the two, so he says, once you get into 1600+ range YES. In a FCPS test we did earlier they new MacTels edged out the PM.

Xbench tests between the two show the new mini about 20% improved on average overall but what kills me is the OpenGL test shows the GMA950 almost twice as fast as the new one... 3 tests all in a row.

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Answer 3

Tim Haigh

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Mar 27, 2009 8:00 AM in response to Simplistik

My previous mac mini the 1.8ghz with the intel gma graphics did not play 1080P video without serious frame loss.

My new mac mini 2ghz with the nvidia integrated graphics play 1080p vidoe perfectly with no frame loss.

That in itself justifies the upgrade if you use the mac mini for video work or as a media centre.

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Answer 4

jogiba

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Mar 27, 2009 3:54 PM in response to Tim Haigh

My 2.26Ghz 4GB Mac Mini also plays 1080p HD video with no dropped frames and my 1.86Ghz C2D PC with 2GB DDR2 and ATI 9800 AIW Pro 128mb VRAM does drop frames in 1080p.

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