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Intel Launches Penryn Mobile Processors
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Those two "unused" keys in the middle of the new F row should be Spaces and Show Desktop. Oh well, I'll use them that way, whether labeled or not
(I don't much care about having F keys for instant screen mirroring or keyboard backlight adjustment. Add a Shift or Control or Option to achieve those shortcuts. They're just not something I use constantly.)
Easily, Motion would lick itself to bits if it knew...
Not to mention rendering time will be cut in half.
Does Motion even see 4 cores right now? I thought it was only dual core aware. I know AE would eat up as much as it could.
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Agreed.Dude, you need a girlfriend
It does use blowers. Blowers are much more space saving and efficient than a traditional fan design.
You mean 200-400% increase for [maximum] RAM and 150% increase for [maximum] HDD. You apparently haven't seen the 500GB 2.5" drive announcement. Although, as usual, they are 12mm and not the 9.5mm. Therefore, it could only be used in the 17" MBP and possibly the 17" PB.
Correct. Apple's heat control is based on both components and both of those components need to be present to operate properly. There is the hardware TAU ( thermal assist unit ) on the logic board and a core OS process that monitors and controls -- really does all of the work. When booted from the installation disc, that OS process and files do not exist. The TAU isn't able to properly monitor sensors and so it places all blowers / fans into "deafening" mode to prevent possible overheating.
Nope Motion does not see even 4 cores. Motion actually relies heavily on the GFX card and RAM, not the processor. AE and most Adobe apps are core aware though, as are the other FCS2 apps.
I think that it would be interesting for the Buyer's Guide to ALSO track Intel processor upgrades so that one can track correlations between Apple updates and Intel updates. ;-)
Apple will no doubt continue to do mid-cycle updates with things like hard disk changes, and (sometimes) memory bumps, but the big changes that accompany processor upgrades will obviously track Intel's releases.
Apple will no doubt continue to do mid-cycle updates with things like hard disk changes, and (sometimes) memory bumps, but the big changes that accompany processor upgrades will obviously track Intel's releases.
The 750GB drives are already available on the Apple store and my 2.5 dual G5 has 2 1TB (really about 920GB) drives in it that I replaced older ones with. This is a ~4 year old machine and it is going to be replaced soon. ;-) (Obviously talking desk top, not portable ;-).) Portable 750GB would be great too!
So, it would not surprise me to have a 1TB drive BTO option.
So, it would not surprise me to have a 1TB drive BTO option.
That is great! ;-)
I remember the sales clerk telling my parents the extra 16K RAM card on the "new Apple ][ plus" wasn't really necessary and that for all the applications 48K was more than enough. 64K was overkill. Lol.
I remember the sales clerk telling my parents the extra 16K RAM card on the "new Apple ][ plus" wasn't really necessary and that for all the applications 48K was more than enough. 64K was overkill. Lol.
I remember friends asking me why I was "wasting my money" on a 2400 baud modem when everyone else was only running 300, or 1200 at the most.
I also remember a store clerk maintaining that I was "wasting my money" on adding 32MB of RAM. He claimed it was overkill.
I have no doubt that we will find ways to use all 8 cores. Dish 'em up, Apple!
"If you look at raw power from Merom to Penryn, the performance gain isn't going to be huge," says Intel spokesperson Connie Brown. "If it's something that relies on SSE4 instruction set, it's in the double digits."
It's in the double digits? Am I the only one who doesn't know what this means?
It's in the double digits? Am I the only one who doesn't know what this means?
I think he/she was talking about laptop drives. The biggest we get currently is 320GB spinning at 5400 rpm. 500GB is coming soon but still at 5400 rpm so I don't care. I want that 320+ GB 7200 rpm drive.
I assumed it meant the operations that DO benefit (like certain types of video encoding for instance) would improve at least 10%. No?
I dont think they'll put off Macbook Pro's til Spring, because they've always refreshed every 6 months, they'll be one of the last companies to still be on Santa Rosa, and College kids need it for the upcomming Semester.
Well, I'd hope this is soon enough for an "available January, ships in February" for the MacBook Pro.
I've decided that my last-generation PowerBook, with its single core 1.67GHz processor, is not quite up to what I try to use it for (Photoshop and video-editing), and I maybe shouldn't have bought it and waited a few months instead for the MacBook Pro to bed in. So, it's time to get the best 15" MacBook Pro I can get and hope that Intel don't make too big a leap in processor technology in the next 5 years.
I've decided that my last-generation PowerBook, with its single core 1.67GHz processor, is not quite up to what I try to use it for (Photoshop and video-editing), and I maybe shouldn't have bought it and waited a few months instead for the MacBook Pro to bed in. So, it's time to get the best 15" MacBook Pro I can get and hope that Intel don't make too big a leap in processor technology in the next 5 years.
Speed perspective - eventually software gets optimized for the processor, so even if it seems like nothing will make use of a quad core now, they will soon. I am of the school that says buy it fast with every bell and whistle you can now and wait until it performs like its slogging through mud to get a new one. My iMac knows mud, time for a Mac Pro and watch the mud fly.
Okay, I'll be honest, I don't know much about all this microchip stuff. I've taught myself the basics with a lot of help from people posting on this website and Wikipedia's many, many links to Intel microchip sets. I also know little about Apple's updating frequencies and it's screwed me many-a-time in the past (both with iPods and computers).
From what I've read Apple has access to these Penryn processor chips right now. However, these Montevina chips come out in Q2 (so I'm guessing that's May/June or around then).
So, my question is this: IF they were to put these penryn chips in the MBPs (at Macworld or shortly after), what is the chance that they upgrade the MBPs again in the Spring (or whenever Q2 is) with Montevina chips.
To me, that seems like a lot of updates in a short duration of time but I don't really know the frequency of the MBP upgrades other than the average
is 186 days (thank you Buyer's Guide!).
Any opinions, answers, or "just chill out and wait" comments are appreciated.
From what I've read Apple has access to these Penryn processor chips right now. However, these Montevina chips come out in Q2 (so I'm guessing that's May/June or around then).
So, my question is this: IF they were to put these penryn chips in the MBPs (at Macworld or shortly after), what is the chance that they upgrade the MBPs again in the Spring (or whenever Q2 is) with Montevina chips.
To me, that seems like a lot of updates in a short duration of time but I don't really know the frequency of the MBP upgrades other than the average
is 186 days (thank you Buyer's Guide!).
Any opinions, answers, or "just chill out and wait" comments are appreciated.
Sure, it can even use networked processor power through Xsan as well. Saw this live when they introduced Final Cut Studio 2.
One were showcasing it on one 8-core Mac Pro, while the other used two 4-core Mac Pro's in tandem.