If you're doing multimedia work the 200 would be a killer 'cause it is
only a 4200RPM drive. IMHO the 5400RPM drives aren't fast enough.
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If you're doing multimedia work the 200 would be a killer 'cause it is
only a 4200RPM drive. IMHO the 5400RPM drives aren't fast enough.
yea, ur thinking of iWork. iWork is always $79 extra, tho a 30day trial does exist on new machines
Upgrade is as a expected, alot of people have been hyping about getting dedicated GPU's, but I think that was very wishful thinking on Apple's 'entry level' notebook range.
still glossy...from a consumer stand point, glossy screens are nicer...they've a sharper and more striking image, so they're great to watch movies on...but their colors are so exaggerated, so professional editting must suck on em
Just goes to show that what Apple says about how much faster stuff is a load of bull. How come the MBP is 39% faster and the MB only 25%. Theyre the same chips at the same speeds arent they?
What im trying to say is the MB should be 39% faster than the previous one right?
Apple compared the CD 2.16GHz to the C2D 2.33GHz to get their 39% faster claim with the MBPs. The clock speeds of the MBs have not changed.
The ATI X1600 has also been clocked higher on the new MBPs which makes a difference in apps that use it.
I repeat again: at the same clock speed the Core 2 Duo is 28% faster at encoding in iTunes than the Core Duo. That's pretty good IMO.
The new PMR 5400rpm drives are fast enough. As fast as old LMR 7200rpm drives most of the time in fact due to the higher data density.
You should stop drugs dude, seriously, the Core² processor isn't much more efficient than the Core Duo, the battery life modifications will be minor (under 5%) if not nil
No they're not, battery life tests when the Core² were released showed the Core² to be within 5% of the Cores. 5% better, but only 5%. They do have better performances than the Cores though, so the performance per watt ratio goes up noticeably.
Indeed, this is very much the point of "dual channel": one separate access to each memory bank (pair on desktop PCs), which means that having a matched pair of ram sticks yields pretty much twice the bandwidth.
It's the same, if there's any difference it'll be counted in minutes
They compared MBPs of equivalent price points, which is fairly logical...
I placed the order yay!!!
I ordered the 2.0Ghz White MacBook and upgraded the HD to 120GB but the ram is still the same, I used 2-3 day shipping and so the total came out to be $1465.23 and my dates are:
Ships by: Nov 13 - Nov 15
Delivers by: Nov 15 - Nov 20
I ordered the 2.0Ghz White MacBook and upgraded the HD to 120GB but the ram is still the same, I used 2-3 day shipping and so the total came out to be $1465.23 and my dates are:
Ships by: Nov 13 - Nov 15
Delivers by: Nov 15 - Nov 20
My local store has them in, so I'm going to check them out.
I had a TiBook and do professional video and photo work on my tower and really don't need the MBPro. I mainly use laptop for email and photo editing on the road.
I would prefer the matte screen but, with my educator discount, I'll save a good chunk of change if I get the MBook and swallow my ego. I have to see how I like the keyboard.
I had a TiBook and do professional video and photo work on my tower and really don't need the MBPro. I mainly use laptop for email and photo editing on the road.
I would prefer the matte screen but, with my educator discount, I'll save a good chunk of change if I get the MBook and swallow my ego. I have to see how I like the keyboard.