Knowing that Apple finally released an update to their MacBook Pro family last Tuesday, I could not resist going to pick up one on Saturday morning to replace my old Powerbook G4 17″. First thing I noticed is the box, the Macbook Pro’s box is a whole lot smaller than the Powerbook. It’s only a quarter of what it used to be and it supposed to be more environmental friendly, but the downside, you only get the machine and charger, nothing else.
On performance, the new i7 processor with 32-nanometer process technology and turbo boost really shines. To be fair, instead of comparing it with the Powerbook G4, I did a very simple stop watch performance test with a late 2007 Mac Pro running two Core 2 Dual 2.66MHz with 5GB of RAM, so it is very close to the MacBook Pro setup. Results? The Macbook Pro boots up and loads Photoshop CS4 on a average of 2 to 3 seconds faster. I am so impressive with this little mobile machine.
The MacBook Pro will definitely be the work horse if I am not home with the Mac Pro going forward.
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