Swad Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Craig "The Guru" writes to us to share his benchmark analysis of a new MacBook Pro at MacWorld. Although we’ve seen several benchmarks for the new iMac, Craig is one of the first to test the preproduction MacBook’s abilities with several different benchmarks. His results seem legit… and he can’t be all that bad since he likes the Dandy Warhols. His findings? The overall results of this analysis indicate that Apple's new MacBook Pro is an improved machine in many ways. While some areas are yet to be examined, it is safe to say that the new MacBook is Apple's fastest laptop yet. Thanks for the great info, Craig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Excellent and interesting report - thanks, Mash. I guess I won't be selling my Dual 2.7 G5 just yet ... oh wait a minute, it's owned by the company I work for anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripoflive Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 WTF??!?!?!? He compares the MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83 GHz with a PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz! How unfair is that! I mean if u want accurate results dont u compare with something that is equal. For example, The PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz has 2.5gb ram while the macbook pro only has 2gb! Thats BS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Did you read the whole thing? He was hardly pitting them against each other - the quad scores are just there as an indication of relative speed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataxy Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 WTF??!?!?!? He compares the MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83 GHz with a PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz! How unfair is that! I mean if u want accurate results dont u compare with something that is equal. For example, The PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz has 2.5gb ram while the macbook pro only has 2gb! Thats BS! why is it unfair 2gb and 2.5gb of ram dont do much difference as for the 1.83ghz compared to the 2ghz its the same thing it doesnt mean much either, my Athlon64@ 2.35ghz offers about the same score as a pentium4@ 3.4ghz in most benchmark test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Yeah, most people should know these days that simply because one box has slightly more Ram or processing power, does not mean that it is necessarily worse! Many factors can contribute to results... And yeah, those results are good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Thanks for the great info, Craig! I am glad that Craig's report is finally getting some attention here. I posted a link to it in the hardware forum last week: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...lter=all&st=120 But very few people seemed to notice. My point here is that we need to reorganize the hardware subforum so useful information like this does not get buried by n00b threads. MacBook Pro Performance Analysisby Craig Wood Introduction On the last day of Macworld 2006 I revisited the prototype MacBooks and performed a series of tests to measure the new system's performance. I conducted four media-related tests on the new MacBook Pro and previous G4/G5 systems, including audio/video encoding and HD video playback. The goal was to evaluate the performance of the new MacBook Pro and compare it to previous Macs. Test Systems Four systems were tested to provide results for a broad range of Macs, including various generations of Mac laptops and desktops. Each system was running off its AC power adapter and used the "Better Performance" power management setting. Only the primary display was active and it was set to its native resolution. Exact specifications for each test system and their introduction dates are as follows: MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83 GHz, 2 GB DDR2, ATI X1600 Mobility 256 MB @ 1440x900 - January 2006 Preproduction PowerBook G4 15" 1.67 GHz, 1.5 GB DDR, ATI 9700 Mobility 64 MB @ 1280x854 - January 2005 PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz, 2.5 GB DDR, ATI 9800 Pro 128 MB @ 1680x1050 - July 2003 PowerBook G4 Titanium 500 MHz, 768 MB SDRAM, ATI Rage 128 Mobile 8 MB @ 1152x768 - January 2001 ... See the full report here: http://www.craigtheguru.com/reports/MacBoo...ce_Analysis.php Edited January 22, 2006 by bofors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Craig did note that he wished he could perform more accurate testing, but it's doubtful he had access to the boxes. I think he should have left the desktops out of that comparison, though, since the performance of a desktop is not limited for power issues like laptops are. Using equal or similar RAM values is also necessary in every test. What I'd really like to see is benchmarks of the production intel iMacs vs all G5s and all the other G5 iMacs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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