There were several news page posts earlier in 2006 on Core Duo CPU swaps (before the Core 2 Duo), although they are not listed here, except for the one that included a step-by-step guide on Mini CPU swaps from May 2006 (2006 Mac Mini Intel CPU Upgrade Guide at and a later posted ifixit guide). Some reports include notes on updating mac mini 1,1 efi firmware/bootrom to mini 2,1 version for 3GB RAM support vs 2GB w/mini 1,1 - Guide to Flashing Mini 1,1 to 2,1 at /index.php/topic,) This page has pre-2009 model Mac Mini owner comments on Core 2 Duo (and some Core Duo) CPU upgrades as the (2006-2008 mfg) Intel-CPU Mac Mini has a CPU socket on the logic board (as did early Intel-based iMacs). (CPUs in 2009 and later Mac Mini models are soldered to the motherboard.) The early Intel-based iMacs also had a socketed CPU and there are a couple C2D CPU upgrade reports here on those.) ( FYI: This page covers 2006-2008 Mac Mini models with socketed CPUs. Mac Upgrades/Repairs/Mods | Storage Related | Video Related | Audio/Home Theater Related | OS Updates/Tips/Wi-Fi RelatedĢ006-2008 Mac Mini Core 2 Duo CPU Upgrades (Chip Swaps)Īnd EFI/Firmware Updates (mini 1,1 to 2,1) & OS X Lion on Core2Duo Updated Minis

I don't need FaceBook integrated with my OS, nor do I need new 'features' that make my Mac act like a phone! I need an OS update that doesn't break my system and make me waste about 18 hours time over the past 2 weeks ( >3 of those hours working on the phone with Apple ).2006-08 Mac Mini CPU Upgrades, Firmware and OS X Lion Updates I wish that who ever runs Mac OS software development would say 'Hey, instead of taking the time to implement like 200 new 'features' into another major release, we just took six months and actually worked to fix a bunch of bugs! SW QA at Apple is getting worse and worse.

something we are sort of calling '10.7.5.1' or whatever. So instead of being forthright about this and saying 'we really screwed up here', and calling 10.7.5 dead in the water, and releasing a point update to 10.7.6 (which is the RIGHT way to handle SW CM), instead we are copping out and releasing. (However if you called us and got a level-2 tech on the phone, they would admit to you off-the-record that Apple was aware of this problem). However we didn't have the integrity to admit it even though there were tons of discussions about this all over the web and on our own discussion boards. Well, we screwed up big time with the 10.7.5 update, and we have known about this for a few weeks. This is what this really means (from Apple).

Upgrade mac 10.7.5