How far can I push a MacBook?

[Kingsly]

Looks like Apple will be replacing my MBP (finally ), and I have decided to get a MB and 20" iMac in its place.

While the iMac will be my Pro machine, I am wondering just how hard I can push a MacBook with Pro Apps.

I would love to be able to run Motion and shake (though slowly) and I know FCP will run, so yeah...

The MB will have 1.5 GBytes of RAM.

Help?

 

[topgun072003]

only one way to find out!...the MB's didn't have heat issues right?..whatever burn it up and tell us the results!

 

[Kingsly]

Hopefully it wont come to that, the reason they're replacing my MBP is heat issues!!

 

[-DH]

For what its worth, Apple does NOT officially support Final Cut Studio on the MacBook. See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303782

But some people are running FCP and DVD-SP without issue. I doubt Motion would run properly at all.

-DH

 

[Kingsly]

Yeah, my hopes aren't high for motion. I mostly am worried abotu FCP (or even FCE) and DVD-SP. Perhaps LiveTiype as well...

 

[fivetoadsloth]

i think almost everything will run fine, i push mine pretty far, always rendering something, something in final cut occasionaly and a ton of student version of other 3d apps, the all run fine although slowly.

 

[Kingsly]

Is FCP/E slow? I used to edit on a 1Ghz eMac, so I know what slow is.