the.snitch said:
Regarding the video benchmarks, I think that the $200 extra for the BlackBook should also get you a model with a dedicated GPU. There needs to be a laptop under 15" that has a GPU.
Remember the graphite special edition iBooks, better than all the colour ones? This could be done in the same way.
They can't and won't do that until the MBP come out with quad core and even then it's sketchy if they will (offer GPU), otherwise, and I know this is hard to swallow, the MBP really cost $1000 more for the GPU, don't tell me the extra $1000 is for the larger LCD, backlit keypads either.
Then again, the benchmarks are very similar to the G4 1.67 which a friend of mine runs Final Cut and Motion on, so chances are (and I bet it's fine) a 2 GB DDR 7200 pimped Macbook would run Final Cut pretty good.
Will it run motion? Not sure, then again, look at the UT2004 marks for G4, so, perhaps it will - - he runs motion and final cut all the time and I assume the Macbook is faster. The MBP is just too much money for too little computing power. Then off course there is the do it yourselfers (osx86).
Lastly, if you must have gaming and want to be sure about motion, than a iMAC would be the way to go, but I think when the memron comes out, the MACBOOK should offer dedicated graphics as they (APPLE) will stilll have to compete with other laptops out there.
Not sure about all this iLIFE rossetta c rap though- last I read, I thought ilife was universal.
Still waiting on a final cut, motion, MACBOOK thread. Bottom line, APPLE MACBOOKS IMHO will run these apps, less gaming, in Universal, they just aren't announcing it quite yet as the REAL power users aren't buying the MBP yet anyway. Most I know are buying (if they bought a laptop APPLE recently) are buying up G4's, now the MACBOOK, well, for 1099 not too shabby, but for 1499, it should have 7200, 1 GB and dedicated GPU, not just a paint job and a few more megs of HD space.
