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Apple Sweeps Consumer Reports' Laptop Recommendations

Eidorian said:
GPU acceleration in CS4 and Motion.
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Yeah for some simple scaling tasks.

Let's discuss this again when all the filters and effects are fully optimised for GPU usage. Then you'll start to see some real productivity improvements. Looking at how slow Adobe is, probably in CS6 or something.
 
Speedy2 said:
Yeah for some simple scaling tasks.

Let's discuss this again when all the filters and effects are fully optimised for GPU usage. Then you'll start to see some real productivity improvements. Looking at how slow Adobe is, probably in CS6 or something.
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Core Image then?
 
Beric said:
And what's your opinion on quad-core in the MBP's, out of interest?
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There are far more applications out there that benefit from more cores than from GPUs. Still, you'll only get the full "times two" performance boost in a few applications mostly rendering and video encoding. Not even the video editing apps are properly optimised for more than two cores.

Apple will put a quad core in their MBPs at some point. My guess is, it will be this year. It all depends on Intel's ability to deliver an affordable low power quad core CPU. At the moment they are insanely priced and/or not really "low power" enough.

In the long run, it will be interesting to see, how much really can be done on GPUs and how much significance a multi-core CPU will have. Current GPUs outperform current quad-core CPUs by a factor of 10 in some specific tasks.
 
iMacmatician said:
Only for a BTO on the top two models.
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In other words, in 2/3 of their MBP models ;-)
You kind of claimed that you couldn't get fast CPUs in a MBP. You can, but it's expensive. I agree that they could make it available for the 2k 15" model too, but that's just the way Apple is ...

On the other hand, if you really NEED the fastest available CPU, it is quite likely, that you won't care that much about the cost of the hardware since the person to work on that machine will cost twice that amount in one month.
 
vipergts2207 said:
Or maybe it's because they like them? You sure like labeling people. Calling everyone posers must make you feel better about your self huh?
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Why, yes it does. Thank you for asking.

dejo said:
Non-posers don't even go to Starbucks. ;)
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There doesn't seem to be any other coffee shops left.

Anyway, its late and the nurse hasn't been around with my medication so I must sign off now...
 
Arguing With Idiots

IWantItThatWay said:
Dell's have a backlit keyboard, multitouch (ohhh glass who cares) gimmick, and doesn't need the broken magsafe, and it also has the form factor.

How about Blu-ray, HDMI, superior graphics cards (up to 1GB of GDDR3 memory), fingerprint scanner, and far far cheaper. I'd rather have a gig of video RAM and a fast CPU than some gimmick multitouch you'll never actually use.
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You can tell each time IWantItThatWay and a few others post something their just sucking you in.... Stop arguing with the idiot and be done with it..... FINGERPRINT SCANNER>>> ROFL
Everyones got their own pinions but this guys got nothing to do but bicker.
I keep checking in in after playing basketball with my kids... gotta take a brake every hour.. kids are killing me... LOL
We all know Apples far better and as time goes on Apple will continue to prove it's value.
Blue-ray.... HDMI???? Ya, nice... LOOKS BETTER ON MY HDTV. I'm not interested in having those features on my laptop, Life's to short!
 
IWantItThatWay said:
As I said, my price configurations are far more reasonable than Apple's.
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Fantastic. So here's an idea: go buy that Dell. Then hang out in their support forums and quit clogging the MacRumors tubes with your Apple-hating drivel.

Savvy?
 
Speedy2 said:
Yeah for some simple scaling tasks.

Let's discuss this again when all the filters and effects are fully optimised for GPU usage. Then you'll start to see some real productivity improvements. Looking at how slow Adobe is, probably in CS6 or something.
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In CS5 for Windows. In CS6 or CS7 for Mac. As usual.


dejo said:
Non-posers don't even go to Starbucks. ;)
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LOL. Gotta have that table over by the outlet to plug the tacky white plastic power brick into, and that glowing Apple on the lid.... Gonna sit here for hours, sipping a cold coffee....

(where's the emoticon for "projectile vomit", anyway)
 
AidenShaw said:
Gotta have that table over by the outlet to plug the tacky white plastic power brick into
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Yep, the ginormous black power brick on my HP Compaq laptop with cables strung from both ends is so much sexier and simply exudes pure "power user" mojo.

Seriously, you haterade peddlers here on the MacRumors forums aren't even trying any more...
 
AidenShaw said:
LOL. Gotta have that table over by the outlet to plug the tacky white plastic power brick into, and that glowing Apple on the lid.... Gonna sit here for hours, sipping a cold coffee....

(where's the emoticon for "projectile vomit", anyway)
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Oh! You totally pwned those people with your 7331ness.
/sarcasm

You should try to find a solution to your inferiority complex.
 
Wow it only took the first page before the mac haters that continue to visit this forum show up with stupid sites like "appledefects.com"

If I had the time Id make a delldefects.com, and hpdefects.com a sony defects.com etc etc and people would see the playing field is LEVEL and all electronics companies have failures no matter what product.

Its sad how uneducated the modern consumer is. If I get a defective product, I exchange it. Too simple to get worked up over.
 
Gee do you think that Microsoft is going to mention this report in their next “laptop hunters” ad?

I'm guessing no. :p
 
chrono1081 said:
Wow it only took the first page before the mac haters that continue to visit this forum show up with stupid sites like "appledefects.com"

If I had the time Id make a delldefects.com, and hpdefects.com a sony defects.com etc etc and people would see the playing field is LEVEL and all electronics companies have failures no matter what product.

Its sad how uneducated the modern consumer is.
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Yeah, it's sad how pathetic their lives must be if they have nothing better to do than come to a forum to bash Macs because they apparently feel inadequate somehow about themselves, their purchase or both.
 
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