1st gen vs 4th gen

[skd]

I have a 1st gen 17" MBP 2.16 -
Can someone give me an estimate of what percentage of increase performance the new 4th gen (2.4-2.6) MBP have over the 1st gen MBP?
thanks

 

[skd]

no one has a guess?

 

[shakenmartini]

I've heard 50-75% increase in performance. There is a review link on the apple website that makes this comparison.

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9087318&intsrc=hm_list

 

[skd]

thnx - I had heard about 30%, but I thought it would be more.......

 

[jjahshik32]

To give you an idea of the differences in speed using geekbench a 1.83Ghz macbook pro core duo gets 2210 and a 2.5Ghz core 2 duo macbook pro gets 3171.

You can check it out here. http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/04/

 

[JCT]

FWIW, I upgraded from a 2.16 + 7200MBP Gen 1 to a current Penryn 2.6 + 7200 RPM and the difference was very noticeable. Faster, MUCH better screen and seriously cooler.

Was a great upgrade for me.

JT