Speed Comparison of Mac mini to iMac, Blanka interview

MacSpeedZone has posted its results after benchmarking a 1.66-Ghz Mac mini against a 2-Ghz iMac, and the results are about what you might expect. On tasks that aren't graphics-driven, the mini lags only based on its clock speed and hard drive. On graphics – particularly games – the iMac absolutely destroys the mini's integrated solution. But you knew that.

A bit more is emerging about the identities of narf2006 and blanka, the duo who first managed to get Windows XP dual-booting on the Intel Macs. Blanka, apparently named Jesus Lopez, was recently interviewed by AppleTalk. It's pretty technical, but interesting reading nonetheless.

AppleTalk: What was your motivation behind attempting the project ?

Jesus: There were several reasons the project attracted my interest. In no particular order:

* This project represented something that a lot of people could benefit from.

* The Mac Mini seems like the perfect computer for a personal project I've had in mind for the past few months: Building a car computer (craputer) with GPS, Internet, Media library, etc. Unfortunately, most carputer software is for Windows.

* The consensus on running XP on a Mac was that it was impossible. Proving something thought impossible is actually possible is quite enticing. I like solving hard problems.

* It had been a while since I had done any significant low-level code programming. It's always good to remember the good ol' times winkwink0om.gif
* The prize money helped justify the time I poured over this project.