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Incidentally, how would either of the core duo processors in the Mac Mini compare to a P4C 2.4GHz speed wise?


The Mini doing the same tasks as the P4 2.4 will seem faster by a noticeable bit. The 2.4 was top of the line around August 2002, and while the mini didn't use an absolute top of the line chip, the Core Duo is a great jump over the P4 line. I've been meaning to benchmark my Core Duo 2.0 against my dual Xeon 3.2 system at work on compile speed. The 2.0 just seems zippier to me somehow.