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From: David Kennedy on 7 Nov 2009 02:49 Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > Tch. In May I bought a 2gig SODIMM for the new Mini - �21. Just now, > two more identical ones for the new 13" MBP (shiny!) - �34 each. > Looking around this morning, OWC are cheaper than Crucial on some memory; depends what flavour you want though. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Nov 2009 05:37 On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:49:58 +0000, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> Tch. In May I bought a 2gig SODIMM for the new Mini - �21. Just now, >> two more identical ones for the new 13" MBP (shiny!) - �34 each. >> >Looking around this morning, OWC are cheaper than Crucial on some >memory; depends what flavour you want though. Too late now, I've added a couple of 1gig DDR3/1066 sodimms to the pile of castoffs. I was quite intrigued to find that (what with the relentless march of technology) the MBP 13" (2009) with 2.26GHz C2D is about 30% faster than the Mini (2009) 2.0GHz for CPU/RAM oriented tasks, even with nominally the same chipset and the same memory. More/better cache on the MBP chip, I guess. Cheers - Jaimie -- Never sleep with anyone crazier than you are.
From: David Kennedy on 7 Nov 2009 06:10
Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:49:58 +0000, David Kennedy > <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >>> Tch. In May I bought a 2gig SODIMM for the new Mini - �21. Just now, >>> two more identical ones for the new 13" MBP (shiny!) - �34 each. >>> >> Looking around this morning, OWC are cheaper than Crucial on some >> memory; depends what flavour you want though. > > Too late now, I've added a couple of 1gig DDR3/1066 sodimms to the > pile of castoffs. > > I was quite intrigued to find that (what with the relentless march of > technology) the MBP 13" (2009) with 2.26GHz C2D is about 30% faster > than the Mini (2009) 2.0GHz for CPU/RAM oriented tasks, even with > nominally the same chipset and the same memory. > > More/better cache on the MBP chip, I guess. Probably right. I think I'll wait for the next processor upgrade before I change again. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |