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Santa Rosa MacBook (November 2007) Benchmarks
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Im trying to find out what real world speed improvements santa rosa will give, if not iTunes then Final cut and handbrake...
I have a 15inch powerbook, never really used the graphical abilities, so just trying to find out (besides the few inches screen real estate) if the new macbooks might be a suitable xmas gift to myself.. hehe
Moving from a iMac G5 to a Core Duo last year meant at least x2 improvement in HandBrake encoding speeds for me.Im trying to find out what real world speed improvements santa rosa will give, if not iTunes then Final cut and handbrake...
I have a 15inch powerbook, never really used the graphical abilities, so just trying to find out (besides the few inches screen real estate) if the new macbooks might be a suitable xmas gift to myself.. hehe
I have a 15inch powerbook, never really used the graphical abilities, so just trying to find out (besides the few inches screen real estate) if the new macbooks might be a suitable xmas gift to myself.. hehe
I was in your situation - I just upgraded from a 15.4" Powerbook G4 (bought about Feb. 2005). It has the scrolling trackpad, backlit keyboard, dedicated graphics chip, etc. but not the denser (higher resolution) screen.
Today I received my Macbook (Black). The screen resolution is the same 1280 wide, but slightly shorter (800 v. 864). But it is more compact - more like a book that I can grab and go. To me, it's a tool - a digital tool for information storing (I scan all my files into PDFs) and gathering (web), and the like. I'm not a graphics artist. I never really used the dedicated graphics in the Powerbook.
I do have a Wii now for games.
I will miss the backlit keyboard, and the screen, but that's about all. (The Powerbook screen had a wider angle of view.)
Now that I finally bought, I bet Apple will come out with an awesome tablet! Argh.
Moving from a iMac G5 to a Core Duo last year meant at least x2 improvement in HandBrake encoding speeds for me.
mmm.. nice! Other than the screen I dont really need the power of a full macbook pro, just want to be 100% sure that like my powerbook has lasted 3 years the macbook will be a worthy upgrade and will last me another 3..
That's what I am waiting to hear about too...
I can play Sims 2 on it about as well as it ran on my iMac G5 with Radeon 9600.
I don't have the multi-threaded expansions yet tough.
Sounds good, though still want to see a difference in a graph or bar chart or something
New models always have an updated build of the OS, specially for them, but then they get the same build as every other machine next update.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/4452232/That's what I am waiting to hear about too...
Sounds good, though still want to see a difference in a graph or bar chart or something
how much vram?
how much vram does the mac book have now? still a paltry 64mb? btw wtf happened to the specs on the apple store? there is no way to get info from apple if you follow the few instructions on their site. you can't send an email to the store and despite the site saying representatives are available 24hours a day - but they are not. again wtf?
how much vram does the mac book have now? still a paltry 64mb? btw wtf happened to the specs on the apple store? there is no way to get info from apple if you follow the few instructions on their site. you can't send an email to the store and despite the site saying representatives are available 24hours a day - but they are not. again wtf?
graphics
Does any one know of a comparison of the old versus new integrated graphics, a real world test would suit me fine.
Does any one know of a comparison of the old versus new integrated graphics, a real world test would suit me fine.
0, just like the previous models.
The X3100 takes 144 MB from RAM for graphics needs, compared to GMA with 64 MB.
This doesnt matter though, because if video card runs out of VRAM it takes main RAM, but integrated graphics have no VRAM, so all graphics information is stored in RAM.
EA Games
would anyone happen to know if the six new EA games are able to be played on this new macbook?
davidM
would anyone happen to know if the six new EA games are able to be played on this new macbook?
davidM
wrong!
from TFA:
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hmm, the captions of the benchmarks say 2.16 vs 2.20, which one is it??
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from TFA:
So, CPU performance didn't increase at all. But OTOH, these are synthetic benchmarks, I guess that in real-world benchmarks the CPU will perform faster because it gets it's data faster from RAM.
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hmm, the captions of the benchmarks say 2.16 vs 2.20, which one is it??
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Those looking to see improvements from 950- 3100 are in for disappointment. Sorry folks but integrated is still the same crapo cheap graphics. from what I understand it can do a few more pretty effects but as far as frame rates go dont expect much if anything perhaps a few extra frames at best.
Chances are if it doesn't work for GMA in Windows, it won't for Mac. At least the EA games wont, since they are just the Windows versions running in a wrapper. Which sucks because the X3100 is supposed to actually have GF 4200Ti level shaders (that can supposedly do D3D10 lvl stuff).Most of the new games won't work with the GMA graphics card. Or will they come out with an update?
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Originally Posted by Eidorian
The new MacBooks have a different build of Leopard.
yes i notice that i wonder why ?
I don't know why, but on mine, Boot Camp Assistant wasn't loaded up. After searching, I found the fix:
I called Apple support this morning, and they guided me to the Boot Camp package on the setup CD - just put the Install Disc 1 in, then in Finder, to to Go -> Go To Folder... and put
/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/System/Installation/Packages
in the dialogue box. There you should see BootCamp.pkg. Running that with all the defaults puts the Boot Camp Assistant in /Applications/Utilities/
Seems like an odd thing to leave out, huh?
Originally Posted by Eidorian
The new MacBooks have a different build of Leopard.
yes i notice that i wonder why ?
I don't know why, but on mine, Boot Camp Assistant wasn't loaded up. After searching, I found the fix:
I called Apple support this morning, and they guided me to the Boot Camp package on the setup CD - just put the Install Disc 1 in, then in Finder, to to Go -> Go To Folder... and put
/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/System/Installation/Packages
in the dialogue box. There you should see BootCamp.pkg. Running that with all the defaults puts the Boot Camp Assistant in /Applications/Utilities/
Seems like an odd thing to leave out, huh?
I never understood why people got the black macbook. It's a waste of money! Unless you really really like the color black, of course.
Mine's a BlackBook. Why? It replaced a circa 2001 G3 iBook. After 6 years with a white laptop, I was happy to pay the premium just to not see white anymore. It was worth the money, considering I'll have this thing for about 3 years.
I don't mind the bathtub white finish of the Macbooks. It's the inside grey stuff that gets dirty too much. Plus, the thick white frame around the screen is more irritating in white. The black one just looks a little sexier.
I think my next one is going to be white or aluminum.