Time to update those Mac minis and iMacs
Intel will soon be discontinuing production of its oldest processors. So, the majority of Core Duos will be declared end of life in the coming months.
The Core 2 Duo T7300, 7400, 7200 and the other at a 667 MHz bus will also be discontinued in March 2008.
However, these processors are the only ones which can be installed in a Mac mini or an iMac that originally shipped with Core Duos. Indeed, the most recent 800 Mhz bus ones will be incompatible.
Note that this bad news hides a good one. Apple will soon be obliged to move the MacBooks and Mac mini Core 2 to Santa Rosa, as these machines also use processors at a 667 MHz bus.