I just bought a 17 i7, I know for a fact the i7's are quad core, but in the systems profile it only reports 2.
any reasons why?
Because it's not quad core.
I just bought a 17 i7, I know for a fact the i7's are quad core, but in the systems profile it only reports 2.
any reasons why?
Do you or does anyone else here know if the new 13 inch MBP will support both audio and video from its Mini DisplayPort, as the 15 inch i7 does?
Thanks for your prompt response. That makes the 13 inch tempting. I have an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and a Mighty Mouse, and used to use them with my current Santa Rosa MBP to watch Hulu by connecting both an audio and video cable to my AV receiver. Being able to use a single connection to an HDMI port on the AV receiver would be a nice improvement.Yes, it [the new 13 inch MBPs Mini DisplatPort] does [have the ability to pass both audio and video].
Macbook Pros are not meant to be gaming machines, if your primary purpose is gaming buy something else. Don't expect a quad core anytime soon in the MBP if you still want 8 hours of battery. These are meant as pro machines, meaning professional work, not gaming.depressed now when comparing it to a friend's alienware
same i7 620 arrandale, but his got a 1gb 260m GT video card and it really does scream on every game we compared it to even when in windows 7 64.
However, his machine pops to less than 1 hour life vs my 3.5 hour life on WOW via battery all high settings.
This is the only setback on this computer it seems which is only a determining factor I think for maybe 5% of those buying macbook pro for gaming. You can easily spend same cash on the imac and see FAR SUPERIOR gameplay performance.
Barefeats' comparisons are up. Overall, im happy with my purchase still and will not be replacing it until a much better graphics card and real quad core is produced in the mbp line.
Macbook Pros are not meant to be gaming machines, if your primary purpose is gaming buy something else. Don't expect a quad core anytime soon in the MBP if you still want 8 hours of battery. These are meant as pro machines, meaning professional work, not gaming.
Apple is not and will not ever be after the high end gaming market.
Me, three. Laptop design involves too many compromises to allow it to compete with any reasonably beefy desktop in the gaming area. I also agree that a true quad core CPU for the MBP is not likely, at least not for the foreseeable future. I remember when Apple tried to redesign the G5 chip for the Powerbook but finally had to give it up as an impossible task and shift to Intel chips, instead. The size, heat generation, and power usage of any quad core are way too great right now for them to be likely candidates for laptop use without significant reengineering.I agree, hence me saying gaming may be a determining factor for 5% of those buying the pro line macbooks
It has 2 physical cores; 4 virtual cores.