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MacBook is better than MacBook Pro - proven!
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Alright, let's approach this from a different standpoint. What variable are you testing? You cannot test the "overall goodness" of a computer, you have to examine a specific variable. I would say the difference in speed can be attributed to the DVD drive in the MacBook and Pro. You need to isolate your other variables and normalize your distribution. You would need to run several tests. The Law of Large Numbers states that as your sample size increases, your experimental values approach your expected values, and eliminate your lurking variables (like a weird process in one trial).
Unibody MacBooks (and Pros) use SATA drives which disallow reading at very high speeds to deter piracy.
This might be the base of the problem. As I understand it, handbrake reads and encodes at the same time, so the drive may be capping read speeds just below handbrake's encoding speed.
Instead of your assumption of the computation speeds being slower, it's a limit from the optical drive. I believe an external drive should subdue your woes.
This might be the base of the problem. As I understand it, handbrake reads and encodes at the same time, so the drive may be capping read speeds just below handbrake's encoding speed.
Instead of your assumption of the computation speeds being slower, it's a limit from the optical drive. I believe an external drive should subdue your woes.
As well as the mean of the population, mean of the sample, mean of the sampling distribution, standard deviation of the sampling distribution... checked for any lurking variables.. calculate your z-scores, and ta-da!!
MacBook Pro wins
you missed one: you also need to calculate a paired t-test with a 95% confidence interval for all variables between MBP and MB.
It's almost certainly going to be due to different dvd drives, the matsushita drives especially do all they can to make ripping discs as annoying as possible. I hate them, and really wish apple didn't use them. the LG drive is probably much better, though I've not had a mac with one yet.. allmine had had masushitas to date.
This cant be "Proven". Know why? They dont make a 2.5GHz MBP. Its a 2.4 or a 2.66 or the 2.93 or whatever the last one is. You loose.
You spelled lose incorrectly. You "lose".
Also, if you knew anything about Apple history, you'd see that there is, in fact, a 2.53GHz unibody MacBook Pro, as well as an older model that was 2.5GHz.
Please research what you say before you say it.
Quick, lets bin our Pros and go get MB's
If if what you state is correct. It's still gonna look crappy on the crappy macbook screen!
If if what you state is correct. It's still gonna look crappy on the crappy macbook screen!
its so that they can prove which one is better and then tell everybody on the internet.
I really expected to be much more than 10% of performance difference between the MBP and the MB.... What the hell??? The price difference is certainly not 10%
If the MBP was unplugged during the test and the MB was plugged in, you can see this difference.
Well, sometimes it's time to upgrade but one can't bear to part with the old one. Some people like collecting them. Some people (i.e. myself) would start a huge collection if they had the money.
To add to the slow ripping due to the optical drive, I found the thread where I read about it. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/609521/
Oh, I would too! I loved my iMac G3s and at one time or another, I might have used each one of the flavors.
Well, sometimes it's time to upgrade but one can't bear to part with the old one. Some people like collecting them. Some people (i.e. myself) would start a huge collection if they had the money.
Oh, I would too! I loved my iMac G3s and at one time or another, I might have used each one of the flavors.