The MacBook Pro's camera and power help with iChat video meetings.
Posted on 03/03/2006 9:39:16 AM PST by Reborn
APPLE LAPTOP HAS LOOKS AND BRAINS
David Pogue
3/2/06
The MacBook Pro's camera and power help with iChat video meetings.
REMEMBER the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance? If you're a fan of the Macintosh computer, meet the five stages of switching to Apple's new laptop: lust, anticipation, delight, dismay and waiting.
Ordinarily, it's not really news when a computer company introduces a new laptop model. You don't see newspaper headlines blaring, "Gateway's New P32-XC5 Adds Faster Processor, Third U.S.B. Port."
But the new Apple MacBook Pro ($2,000 and up) is a different story. Although it looks nearly identical to the company's existing 15-inch PowerBook, something radical is going on under the hood.
Apple's high-end laptops are beautiful, thin and light, clad in scuff-hiding aluminum and crammed with features: Wi-Fi wireless networking, Bluetooth wireless, DVD burning, light-up keys for typing in the dark, stereo speakers, batteries with illuminated "fuel gauges" and much more. But the speed of Apple's laptops has only inched forward in recent years, no thanks to the suppliers of its processor chips ( I.B.M. and Freescale).
Apple made the eyebrow-raising decision, therefore, to replace that chip family with chips from another company you may have heard of: Intel.
Now, changing chip families in a computer isn't as simple as changing a CD in your stereo. The entire operating system and every single software program must be rewritten — recompiled, the geeks would say — to speak the new chip's language. That process can take weeks or months.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
How 'bout this little quote from the article:
It does, however, mean that in theory, with the help of a conversion kit that someone will surely write, a Mac could run Windows.
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Pinging for Apples
I'm gonna wait another year and let them work out the kinks, then replace my G4 Powerbook with one of these beauties.
LOL, you is fast!
They failed to mention that they run HOT. Not that it is a bad thing, but it is hard to cut heat with the dual core processor.
Just don't expect a "cool" laptop like most centrino based PC's have become.
That is the main reason that I'm holding onto my PBG4. I remember laptops of old that I could've fried an egg on. No thanks! Hopefully, down the road, these MacBook's will run cooler too......I hope.
"It does, however, mean that in theory, with the help of a conversion kit that someone will surely write, a Mac could run Windows."
Makes perfect sense considering that Microsoft is the majority stakeholder in Apple.
That would be "no". Microsoft owns no part of Apple - they've long since sold off all the stock.
Sorry, that is false. Microsoft has never held a majority interest in Apple, nor even a voting interest. Microsoft did have approximately 150 Million dollars worth of Apple preferred stock at one time (an investment required by a court settlement which Apple won a a settlement against Microsoft) but that has long since been sold.
Now, if you specifically mean "Stake"holder rather than "Stock"holder, meaning they have a non-financial interest in Apple's survival because Apple is their main research division, seeing how they somehow "borrow" everything Apple develops... then you might have a point.
I stand corrected....thanks for the clarifications.
It's interesting that nobody points out the most important difference between the Macbook pro and its predecessor.
The Macbook uses a dual processor setup which means that if you're working on something, say loading up email or a giant iphoto library - you'll still be able to browse the web or do other things with a very minimal speed penalty. Right now, my brand new 17" PowerBook G4 tends to stall when doing something CPU-intensive.
This means the Macbook will lead to a truly revolutionary improvement in productivity for someone who likes doing a lot of things at the same time, like me. If you liked the dual processor G5 PowerMac, you'll love the MacBook Pro.
I plan to buy one as soon as they come up with a 17" version (love that display!)
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Oh, good got in on this thread before Hank posts some of the same old sh*t.
My wife's G3 iMac is going dead. She asked, "Do you want to replace your G4 Powerbook with a new one, and I'll take your old one?"
I said, "No. Not yet."
She fainted.
IBTH
(In before the Hank)
I would've too, lol. I can't live without my PBG4! I was using a TiBook when I bought my new Powerbook. My hubby, always a Dell user, started using my old TiBook, and ended up getting rid of his Dell, heehee. He's hooked now. ;-)
It's interesting that nobody points out the most important difference between the Macbook pro and its predecessor.
The Macbook uses a dual processor setup which means that if you're working on something, say loading up email or a giant iphoto library - you'll still be able to browse the web or do other things with a very minimal speed penalty. Right now, my brand new 17" PowerBook G4 tends to stall when doing something CPU-intensive.
This means the Macbook will lead to a truly revolutionary improvement in productivity for someone who likes doing a lot of things at the same time, like me. If you liked the dual processor G5 PowerMac, you'll love the MacBook Pro.
I plan to buy one as soon as they come up with a 17" version (love that display!)
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14 posted on 03/03/2006 1:00:46 PM MST by daviddennis
It works by "nicing" all tasks except the one you are looking at. I have a 1 Ghz 17" PB and I can run a Mandelbrot benchmark and
You might want to look into a product called CPU Speed Accelerator 2.11.
b'shem Y'shua
Nice is a Unix command to lower dispatching priority.
a Quicktime movie. If the Quicktime is in the foreground it never stutters.
The Mandelbrot benchmark takes longer.
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