Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-29 Thread James Devenish
Hi Roger, A difference of 4h versus 1.5h is so dramatic is sounds like one of the cores is turned off (i.e., CPU set to use 1 core only). But that should've been reflected in Xbench too. Is Handbrake the only slow thing on your new computer? Apart from your overall Xbench score, you can also explo

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine? James -- The WA Macin

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Craig Bruce
tyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 28/06/2009, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15&q

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
/2009, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine? James -- T

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Craig Bruce
individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 28/06/2009, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Craig Bruce
: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Arc

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
Thanks James I am downloading it now :) Roger On 28/06/2009, at 8:32 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, Not sure why you are having your performance problem. I run HandBrake fine on the slow graphics card. You can try http://www.xbench.com to compare your two laptops (it makes sense to comp

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread James Devenish
Hi Roger, Not sure why you are having your performance problem. I run HandBrake fine on the slow graphics card. You can try http://www.xbench.com to compare your two laptops (it makes sense to compare your two laptops rather than compare with the highly variable community benchmarks). James -- T

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Jane Griffiths
On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 AM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! I am using Handbrake to digitise all my DVD's and it seems much faster on last years 2.4 model, I am going t

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
his should help your graphic card intensive HandBrake usage. hope this helps Jane On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 AM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! I am using Handbrake to dig

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Jane Griffiths
raphics: Higher Performance" this activates the super fast graphics component. Forgive my non-technical terms here, but this should help your graphic card intensive HandBrake usage. hope this helps Jane On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 AM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I got my new Macbookpro on

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
does anyone know the best way to test performance?? Roger On 28/06/2009, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that you

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi James No nothing else is running at all :) roger On 28/06/2009, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new l

Re: new macbookpro ?

2009-06-28 Thread James Devenish
Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : > I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but > seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

new macbookpro ?

2009-06-27 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi Guys I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! I am using Handbrake to digitise all my DVD's and it seems much faster on last years 2.4 model, I am going to do a test with the same DVD on both today