You might want to take a look at the specs. The iMac and MBP are basically the same. Yes, one is a consumer desktop and the other is a pro notebook, but that doesn't change the fact that they're essentially the same inside. The 24" iMac is definitely a faster system than the 17" MBP is for example.
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You might want to take a look at the specs. The iMac and MBP are basically the same. Yes, one is a consumer desktop and the other is a pro notebook, but that doesn't change the fact that they're essentially the same inside. The 24" iMac is definitely a faster system than the 17" MBP is for example.
Well all I can say is roll on wwdc07. If Mr Jobs rumbles at macworld are anything to go by this is a massive year for apple so everything must be coming out at wwdc. Apart from Leopard which we all know is delayed.
Yes but the MBP was designed for portability if you are a pro and do not need portability you get a Mac Pro! The iMac does not fit as a pro machine..
man, wtf are you talking about? i work for a large company 6 of us designers are on 24" imacs. quit spreading bogus info. imacs are good enough to be used by 'pros' now, get over it. my imac kills my previous quicksilver g4
The point he was making was that the iMac was the desktop equivalent of the MacBook whilst the Mac Pro was the desktop equivalent of the MacBook Pro. Two different classes of computers with two different target audiences.
Logic 8 should include some of Soundtrack's new features with some modifications-like built in podcasting (so all three Apple audios could do it).
I understand that, but that argument is seriously flawed strictly from a performance standpoint. Internally the iMac and the MacBook Pro are virtually the same, as they use essentially the same components (except for graphics and HDDs). The MacBook is comparable to the Mac mini performance and component wise, not to the iMac. And there is no "notebook equivalent" to the Mac Pro, it is in a class all by itself.
There is no arguing the fact that an iMac is a consumer (the 20" and 24" are really pro-sumer if you will) desktop, while the MacBook Pro is a pro notebook. However, the iMac and MacBook Pro are comparable in virtually every way specs wise, and actually the iMac is a faster machine due to the faster graphics and HDD they use.
In the end, FCS 2 will run a bit faster on a 20" or 24" iMac than it will on any MacBook Pro. That's just simply a fact. Sure, the Mac Pro is the way to go desktop wise if you can afford it, but for anyone to imply that an iMac can't run FCS as well if not better than any MBP just because it's a "consumer" desktop is just plain wrong.