New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks 229
ApolloX writes "New Macbook Pro Benchmarks are now available. From the article:
'Like the iMac before it, Apple's MacBook Pro underwent an upgrade highlighted by a chip swap — the Core Duo processor that used to power Apple's pro laptop is gone, replaced by the next-generation Core 2 Duo. And as with our iMac benchmarks, these updated Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro models show a modest performance gain when compared to older systems running on Core Duo chips with the same clock speeds.'
As expected, the new 15-inch Intel Dual Core 2 (2.33Ghz/2GB RAM) is the new king of Apple portables, with results for the 17-inch model still pending."
New "MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo" Benchmarks (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Temperature (Score:5, Informative)
I have no heat issues with this machine. The bottom of it is warm to the touch, but certainly not hot to the point of being uncomfortable. I find that it runs cooler than my PowerBook G4 1.67GHz.
This was more than just a chip swap. (Score:5, Informative)
It also gained dual-layer Superdrives and Firewire 800 back, and comes with more RAM standard and higher maximum RAM than the previous model, which is more than you can say for the iMac upgrade.
Re:Tired of this (Score:4, Informative)
2. Click the "Homepage" link at the top of that page ( http://hardware.slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome [slashdot.org] )
3. Uncheck the Apple section
Hope that helps.
Re:too expensive (Score:3, Informative)
I bought one, and it's worth the price (Score:2, Informative)
The included printed documentation is rather lacking for a notebook in this price range. Additionally, there in no recordable CD or DVD included. And as noted before, there is no modem either. For developers, both X Window and Xcode require additional installation steps.
For those who can accept a sligntly slower CPU and half the memory (128 MB vs 256 MB) graphics, a savings of US$500 can be had by getting the base model and using the cash to upgrade the main memory from 1 GB to 2 GB (or 3 GB).
Running one right now (Score:4, Informative)
My son is very pleased, too - he can't get enough of Photo Booth.
Re:Took me 5 minutes to find one.. (Score:2, Informative)
Amazingly, Dell's support is great in this regard. The technicians don't appear to be very knowledgeable and don't speak English very well, but since I've always known what has needed to be replaced on my laptop, they've been more than happy to replace whatever I tell them to within 48 hours, and have never sent me a cheaper replacement (when my hard drive died they sent me an 80GB to replace the 60GB in the laptop). Which is important, because Dells have a tendency to break rather often.
Re:4gb of ram? (Score:4, Informative)
The chipset is only capable of addressing 32 bits or 4 gigs of memory. Many "64 bit" desktops are the same way. The problem is that while the chipset can see the full 4 gigs of ram, a portion of it (~768mb) is hidden by other address space (video card shadowing, PCI memory addresses, etc). The machine can hold 4 gigs of ram, you just won't be able to see it all. I have a friend with a Dell desktop with the same "problem".
Frankly I like Apple approach as opposed to what many others do ("Supprots 4+ GIGs* (* unable to see top 1/2 gig)").
The problem should go away when they stop using the current chipset (which was designed for the 32 bit Core) and move to the next chipset that was designed specifically for the Core 2 chips.