If just looking cool "street cred" is what's important who cares about performance. Just buy it take it to Starbucks or school turn it on and swipe through websites.
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Geekbench 64-bit for 1.1 and 1.2
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If just looking cool "street cred" is what's important who cares about performance. Just buy it take it to Starbucks or school turn it on and swipe through websites.
That's great. I usually use VLC to watch my movies anyway. And the YouTube test shows what it can handle.
I'm not too worried about the lag on the base model, I basically want something that I easier to use than my ipad when I don't want a full sized laptop. Especially when I'm carrying books etc around and all I need is MS office
I'm not too worried about the lag on the base model, I basically want something that I easier to use than my ipad when I don't want a full sized laptop. Especially when I'm carrying books etc around and all I need is MS office
Modern Intel chips can use the built-in GPU plus dedicated circuits to do video decoding without using the main cores, so I wouldn't expect small GHz differences to make much difference to video playback at all. At least not if you're using YouTube or iTunes or a mainstream codec like h.264.
I could be wrong, but I would guess that any model of MacBook can probably stream multiple HD streams at once without problem, and I wouldn't worry about watching movies on it.
While VLC is great for watching videos in formats QuickTime can't handle, i've found it to be quite a bit less efficient when it comes to battery life compared to QuickTime.
If i know i'll be on the edge of making it battery wise i usually convert them to .mp4 with my desktop computer at home before leaving so that i can use QuickTime instead.
Movist from the store best of both worlds, easy on the battery, plenty of options and plays MKV`s natively.
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So am I correct in thinking for general typing of documents and web surfing the 1.1GHz is generally a better buy unless the larger hard drive is necessary?
I think, like many, this can be used to supplement (not replace) a desktop or larger/more power full laptop. Therefore for typing documents (such as my lovely dissertation) the 1.1GHz is plenty! As long as people know what to expect then there should be minimal disappointment!
You are correct. When it comes to writing your dissertation, you'll want to be more worried about the keyboard than the CPU frequency. You'll be fine.
Definitely worth a try, I haven't looked at then in detail for some time. VLC does offer greater setting`s and functionality, it also burns more a lot more power. For playback Movist for me works better for a portable running on the battery. I also find that Movist`s approach to seeing up subtitles is much better.
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GeekBench 3 score for my 1.1 (64-bit):
Single: 2443
Multi: 4623
seems to be on par with the others
Single: 2443
Multi: 4623
seems to be on par with the others
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GeekBench score for my 1.1 (64-bit):
Single: 2443
Multi: 4623
seems to be on par with the others
Not bad at all for the base considering that the max that the 1.3 Ghz Core M can get is:
Single: 2800 - 2900
Multi: 5500 - 5700
GeekBench score for my 1.1 (64-bit):
Single: 2443
Multi: 4623
seems to be on par with the others
Those look like 1.2GHz results
More 1.2 GHz results are coming in: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?utf8=✓&q=macbook8,1+5y51+bits:64
Some perform really well but there is also an increasing number of low scores. I'm not sure I like what I see here.
Some perform really well but there is also an increasing number of low scores. I'm not sure I like what I see here.
i don't know much about the geek bench
can someone explain why most of the scores are 2300 / 4600
and some only get 1300 / 3000?
just checked my MBA 2252 / 4435
and wanted to order the rMB. i don't need more power just a "better" screen.
can someone explain why most of the scores are 2300 / 4600
and some only get 1300 / 3000?
just checked my MBA 2252 / 4435
and wanted to order the rMB. i don't need more power just a "better" screen.
That it´s not a great machine for cpu/gpu/ram intensive tasks.
But if you only use photoshop once a week then it might not make a huge difference to you life if it takes 10 minutes to finish a photo instead of 3..
If photoshop is what you do all day then this machine is a big waste of your time since you can get a 300% faster computer for basically the same money if you buy the 15" MBP..
That it´s not a great machine for cpu/gpu/ram intensive tasks.
But if you only use photoshop once a week then it might not make a huge difference to you life if it takes 10 minutes to finish a photo instead of 3..
If photoshop is what you do all day then this machine is a big waste of your time since you can get a 300% faster computer for basically the same money if you buy the 15" MBP..
Not the 15", at least not in the US. But the 13", yes. Edit - oops, sorry, I see that Pookitoo is in FR.
Unless you buy from Apple then the 15" base MBP is $20 cheaper than the rMB 1,2 in Sweden.. For the last year or so the base 15 MBP has been around $1350 in Sweden.. But last month Apple raised all prices so now you can't find it for less than $1680 anywhere and $2025 if you want to buy it direct from Apple..
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Well here is my score on the 1.2 model. Seems higher than OP
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/view/2547886
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/view/2547886
Not the same benchmark.
This is from the old Geek bench 2.
All others are from Geek bench 3