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I would just like to know, is it worth it to spend the extra $500 for the .2ghz jump in processors, hard drive increase, and better video card RAM on the current MacBook Pro models? Here they are for comparison's sake. I couldn't find benchmarks anywhere, does anyone know where I could find accurate ones? Those would help too. Thanks!
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15 inch (17 is overkill)
160GB 5400rpm (i'm going to buy an external HDD enclosure and stick a spare 250GB IDE drive in it for photo stuff)
2GB RAM
Glossy display
256MB 8600M GT
128MB for the gpu is really making things a bit tight, my old 9800 Pro Radeon had 256MB.
I'm essentially paying for the mid-range pretty much for the 256MB with the gpu, if you do not play games don't even get a MB Pro. A macbook is excellent for pretty much everything but games. (I currently own a black macbook, selling it once the MB Pro arrives)
I seriously doubt you'll see any difference from the processor speed, the 2GHz C2D processor in my Macbook is excellent and runs all my apps great. (for example handling 10 megapixel raw images with canon photo professional)
Essentially it comes down to, are you wanting to play games with the more fancier graphics settings or not so bothered about them? (in which case the cheaper MB Pro is a better choice or if you're just playing older 3d games then a Macbook... HL2 plays just about fine on the lowest settings on my Macbook at the native res of 1280x800.. any newer games though it isn't nice)
Also, don't spend the money if you don't feel it's worth it.. the reason i'm getting the above is because i'm getting a very nice 38% off the price and free 3 years applecare. Plus because i'm selling my Macbook and old Thinkpad it should cost me next to nothing. (hopefully)
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Just something to keep in mind.
How well do macbooks play with PC's? I'm currently thinking of getting a macbook for College, but it has to has to HAS to be compatible with my PC.
I'm talking more in terms of networking and sharing files and such, not necessarily program compatibility. Will I have many problems?
No, they work great together.
Here are the Mac laptops compared (figures are from Feb 2007 lineup but are still pretty useful):
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hardware/machine/performance/06/portables_12.shtml
As you can see, if you're not gaming, you're not going to notice the difference between a MacBook Pro and a MacBook, let alone between one MBP and the next one.
I noticed your sig and av, and have to mention:
Not only will you totally be able to share files and network with your PC, but there is a version of ScummVM for MacOSX!
Just today I took my Monkey Island (1, 2 AND 3[!]) and Fate of Atlantis discs, copied the pertinent data to my new Macbook's hard drive, installed ScummVM, and was able to play (with voice acting, for CMI and Atlantis), no problem.
Figured you might be interested in that little gem!
There is also a version of DOSBox for Mac, so if you have the Kings Quest Collection (currently on sale at Gamestop for $9.99!) you can run those games as well! This morning I beat Kings Quest 2 in DOSBox on my Mac.
I didn't know it when I bought it, but my new Mac is turning out to be quite the little portable adventure game history machine!
I'm not going to take any consoles with me (except for my DS, I guess) to college, nor will I a TV, so I'll be using my laptop for the majority of my digital entertainment needs. LAN parties would be cool too....
Damn, that's pretty much sealed the deal. Awesome. I might finally get around to playing through my entire classic lucas arts collection now.
Damn you Day of Tentacle, constantly eluding me.