The Mac Thread

____no5

____no5

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The initial purpose of this topic was to provide some information about OS X.
Yet it can turn into a more general IT Technical Support topic, so mods feel free to change its title should you deem necessary.

Ok. Here's my question.

As I understand it, OS X functions with a different way than Windows. It's like the opened programs who are not in use, they stay in a sleep mode.
So the difference between a decent machine and a normal, is the time it takes to pass from the sleep mode to the operational. Right until now??
Thus, the memory in a Mac is not that important as is in a PC. So what is the role of the 1) processor & 2) memory in a Mac??

To be more specified:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

That's my 13" MacBook Pro. What do I have more if I go to 15" and Intel Core i5, practically??
 
______no5 said:
That's my 13" MacBook Pro. What do I have more if I go to 15" and Intel Core i5, practically??
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Better core performance and a higher bus speed. That is to say, your average function will be somewhat faster, transferring from external devices will be somewhat faster.

Your high-end stuff will be better.

If you don't use high-end apps like Photoshop, don't bother going up until you have to.
 
Don't you think that RAM is just as important?  The more RAM, the more you can do at one time, right?  I don't think its just a PC thing, needing RAM.
 
An old computer professor told us that regardless of it being a Mac or Windows PC the first thing you do is upgrade the RAM to the max.
 
He's gonna get 4 gb with a new Macbook. It can go to 8, iirc. Don't care to check.

Yes, RAM will allow you to do your stuff faster, but if you have 16 gb of RAM on a single core machine, you're gonna cap out there. RAM will make what you can do go faster, but it can't really let you do too much more.
 
Yes I have 4GB memory and I'll follow the advice of Onhell's professor, to upgrade to the max, thus 8GB. Just for the hell of it and also to see the difference practically what it would be. I wonder if it's possible to change the processor* as well. The new generation 15" Macs have some awesome ones...

*for the future; one -two years from now.
 
I wouldn't waste my time or patience trying to put a new processor in an old laptop.  Partly because a mac is a pain in the ass to get into for that, partly because I don't think the pin config is the same.  I think you have a LGA 775, and the new ones are 1156 or 13xx.
 
Ok, I made some research after I read your post and it seems, in deed, I can't upgrade my processor. I found this:

Earlier today, Apple launched updated MacBook Pro models, moving its 15" and 17" models to Intel Core i5 and i7 processors utilizing integrated Intel graphics paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discrete graphics cards. The new 13" MacBook Pro, however, continues to utilize Intel Core 2 Duo processors with a custom NVIDIA GeForce 320 integrated graphics solution. Some observers have questioned why Apple did not make a more substantial upgrade to the processors used in the 13" models.

One interested party even went so far as to send an email to Apple CEO Steve Jobs about the decision, and shared Jobs' response with us. According to Jobs, Apple chose to focus on the graphics performance and combine it with outstanding battery life instead of opting for the alternative of merely a small increase in CPU speed.

We chose killer graphics plus 10 hour battery life over a very small CPU speed increase. Users will see far more performance boost from the speedy graphics.
Early benchmarks show significantly improved performance for the Core i7-based MacBook Pro, and it will be interesting to see how the new 13" models compare to their predecessors in various tasks. 
 
Phew. *whistles*

That's a sick gpu for a portable cpu. Apple is really gonna go after the gaming market, it seems. I wonder if the gaming market is gonna respond. Steam on Mac was big, but it's not nearly what it needs to be. They need to force a big game to come onto Mac.


Say….Diablo 3? Oh wait, that's coming for sure.
 
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