MacBook Pro Reviews and Benchmarks
Arstechnica provides their review of the MacBook Pro, and covers basic areas, including battery life (avg 3hr 17min) and benchmarking (vs G4 PowerBook and Dell Inspiron).
Macworld also provided their thoughts on the MacBook Pro along with Benchmarks comparing it to various Mac PowerPC (PowerBook G4, iBook G4, PowerMac G5) and Intel Mac models (iMac Dual Core).
Direct comparisons are still difficult to make between PowerPC and Intel models due to the variable availability of Universal Binaries.
Macworld also provided their thoughts on the MacBook Pro along with Benchmarks comparing it to various Mac PowerPC (PowerBook G4, iBook G4, PowerMac G5) and Intel Mac models (iMac Dual Core).
Direct comparisons are still difficult to make between PowerPC and Intel models due to the variable availability of Universal Binaries.
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78 months ago
I personally am really dissapointed by the Macbook's battery life. I will not consider a Macbook until it is significantly improved. Here's hoping the Macbook Thin gets a bump in batter life.
78 months ago
Wow-- she did the battery test I was looking for -- life with the screen dimmed, and it was still just over 3 hours. Not great. I expect that with my use (more word processing, less photoshop), I'd get better life, but that's still not very good. Oh, well -- another excuse to hang on to the iBook.
78 months ago
But Stevie promised us the Mactels would use less power and have better battery life. NOT! Get off the crack Stevorino the damn Intel chips pull 40% more power. Did he even look at the dual core G4's that pull only 25 watts power versus 85 for the Intel dual core? What a dumbass Jobs is.
78 months ago
Performance on this machine looks pretty good. Battery not so much, but may not be main concern for some. I may be looking for another machine in the future, and this may be an option to hold over till the Intel PowerMacs come out.
78 months ago
I honestly don't know what the big deal with battery life is.
When I had to depend on 6 hours or more, I bought another battery. Done.
When I had to depend on 6 hours or more, I bought another battery. Done.
78 months ago
Battery life is disappointing, but tolerable. Performance is incredible.
(These comments are from personal experience as well as this article)
(These comments are from personal experience as well as this article)
78 months ago
But Stevie promised us the Mactels would use less power and have better battery life. NOT! Get off the crack Stevorino the damn Intel chips pull 40% more power. Did he even look at the dual core G4's that pull only 25 watts power versus 85 for the Intel dual core? What a dumbass Jobs is.
He only promised more performance per watt. If these new laptops are twice as fast as the old ones using the same power then you are getting more performance per watt.
78 months ago
Good review. I'm suprised by the results of the dell and how well OSX runs on a non-apple machine. They did make the needed distinction however in the difference in power consumption.
78 months ago
Just you wait till those MEROM chips hit the market. Then you will be thanking Steve for the switch. Battery life will be 5 to 6 hours.
78 months ago
Just you wait till those MEROM chips hit the market. Then you will be thanking Steve for the switch. Battery life will be 5 to 6 hours.
I hope you're right. Battery life is one of the main reasons I switched. 3 hours is dissapointing.[ Read All Comments ]
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