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Is the MacBook more durable than the MacBook Pro?
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Final Cut Express runs on the MacBook perfectly well, and there are only a few of the most advanced video effects it struggles with and only a dozen or so that it point blank can't do.
Final Cut Pro, like all Pro apps, belongs on a computer with the Pro tag, Apple is very good at programming its consumers to recognise the difference between consumer and professional versions of hardware and software. The Apple website specifically notes that the integrated graphics processors in the MacBook, MacBook Air and Mac Mini are unsuitable for Final Cut Pro.
Have you dropped both? Which is more malleable?
What were you doing to crack a macbook? I've own mine for over 2 years...NO CRACKS WHATSOEVER!
The macbook is a tool, not a jewel...using one means scratches and such. You want a shiny macbook? Don't use it!
I've yet to experience this. I think some people don't know how to type...real typing means that the "palmrests" aren't rested upon. People with macbooks that slam their screens down are ending up with cracks on the edges of the "palmrests".
What the OP is asking for is something that's durable and will handle punishment...he said nothing of abuse or scratches. Sometimes I think Mac users get Macs for the wrong reasons...
MB vs MBP
No doubt the MBP makes a smart-looking office computer and, in an office, neither heat nor dings should be big issues.
For the more mobile MB (especially the premium Black MB), I hope Jonathan Ives is looking at new devices, like the LG KF750 Secret mobile-phone, which use carbon fibre.
Carbon fibre looks smart, and should wear nicely like on race-cars; they still look good after a few scruffles. Light and very strong, too.
No doubt the MBP makes a smart-looking office computer and, in an office, neither heat nor dings should be big issues.
For the more mobile MB (especially the premium Black MB), I hope Jonathan Ives is looking at new devices, like the LG KF750 Secret mobile-phone, which use carbon fibre.
Carbon fibre looks smart, and should wear nicely like on race-cars; they still look good after a few scruffles. Light and very strong, too.
Despite what Skeletal-dæmon says, Final Cut Pro works fine on a MacBook for most editing tasks. I've not exactly pushed FCP on my MacBook but for basic editing it does OK[*]. For some of the more intense effects you may need to render offline and then view the results but comparing a May '07 MacBook (upgraded to 2Gb) to an Aug '07 MacBook Pro (2Gb as standard) I can't see that much difference between the two, except the inevitable speed difference due to the different CPUs.
Alec
* I haven't found something it can't do yet, except for occasional differences where the MacBook Pro will do online rendering whereas the MacBook needs to render it offline.
On a side note re: keeping either one looking nice...
I had said earlier that I used a Speck cover on my laptops... I just got the InCase Hardshell case for my MacBook and it's sooooo much nicer than the Speck. Goes on easier and doesn't show fingerprints, etc. So if you are worried about wear try that as a way to minimize scratches and scuffs.
I had said earlier that I used a Speck cover on my laptops... I just got the InCase Hardshell case for my MacBook and it's sooooo much nicer than the Speck. Goes on easier and doesn't show fingerprints, etc. So if you are worried about wear try that as a way to minimize scratches and scuffs.