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BTW, Micheal V. I wanted to point out, apple's so called "glossy screen" available on the new 13inch Macbook is in fact a VERY unforetunate name. It's specifically an ANTI-GLARE screen. Sony and other display makers have been using it on various displays and even some TV's. It's very good and increases contrast. I have no idea what apple was smoking using the term "glossy". In most people's books glossy implies the opposite of anti-glare.
Secondly, this is the same technology they us on photographic and video camera lenses. It's often called "anti-flare". It cuts down on lens flare. Not the same thing as a polarization lens though.
Thirdly, as you imply the apple apps are optimized for the new intel MacBook's so far as I know. This includes both their video editing apps. Secondly any secondary apps that aren't optimized (and most are) soon will be and even if they aren't they still run much faster than on even the best G4's like the absolute top of the line 1.67ghz Powerbook I mentioned at the start of this thread (still for sale, only $2k). I think the term is Fast and getting Faster.
Fourth, there's only one major difference between the 13" Macbook and the 17" Macbook Pro in my opinion. Other than the screen size that is. The performance is negligible, they have the exact same architecture and bus. The one issue is the graphics card. The 13inch graphics are more than powerful enough for any application except high end 3d gaming, though I'm curious what sort of effect it would have on video editing... the 13" has an "integrated video card" meaning it uses whatever ram you put on the motherboard. For some not doing high end graphics, gaming or heavy film this actually might be an advantage considering it draws significantly less power, therefore longer battery life. The 13" gets's 6 or is it 6.5 hours to the 15" and the 17" 5.5 or 5 hrs. A lot of this is do screen size to, significantly less power is needed to light a smaller screen.
Anyway, my point is this, the 13" powerbook or damn near as powerful as the 17" in ALL areas except high end graphics. Other then the screen size and graphics they're basically the same. This makes the 13" Macbook a steal at $1099 or $1299. And if your the type of person who most of the time uses it in an office hooked up to a big display, the screen size doesn't matter... in fact it's portability is an advantage.
-Mike
On May 18, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Michael Verdi wrote: On 5/18/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use a Powerbook 15", it's great for video-podcasting.
I've seen the Apple promos for the Macbook Pro, it's slated to be video-podcast friendly.
Can it run iMovie HD & export iPod compatible movies?
What is the story on the Intel-based MacBooks, is it still waiting for Software Developers to catch up?
Photoshop FinalCut Pro Adobe Premiere Pro
I'd get one right now, if there were sufficient software compatibility: Image & video-editing programs
I don't own one of these new Macs but I've been checking them out and spent some time yesterday playing with them at the apple store. Here are my impressions:
Even the low end Macbook (dual 1.83GHz) is faster than my 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook and should capable of running all the pro apps. It didn't have FCP studio loaded on it so my main concern would be with Motion which requires certain video cards.
Even the Macbooks run iMovie HD (intel native) very well - again, better than my current Powerbook. I believe all the Apple software are now universal binaries (anybody know if this is not true?).
So what are the differences between the low end MacBook and the high end MacBook Pro? Basically...
CPU - ranges from dual 1.83GHz to dual 2.16GHz
Screen size and surface - ranges from 13.3" 1280 X 800 to 17" 1680 X 1050. The Macbooks only come with the shiny screen (I'm not a fan). MacBook Pro have the choice of shiny or matte.
Video card - 64MB integrated vs 128MB or 256MB PCIe card.
Optical drive - Combo Drive vs 4X DVD burner vs 8X Dual Layer DVD (17" only)
All of these computers can hold 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 ram.
All can run external monitors (mirroring and 2nd monitor). The Macbooks can run up to a 23" Apple display, the Macbook Pros can run the 30" display.
Macbook Pros have the option of running a 7200 rpm drive while the Macbooks can only have a 5400 rpm drive.
All come with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in
All come with built in iSight cameras
All have Gigabit ethernet if you need it (though none come with a modem).
The 17" Macbook pro has a firewire 800 port
The Macbook pros have light up keyboards
The Macbook pros have an Expresscard slot (don't know what you can buy to go in there yet).
So in playing with them I felt like the Macbook was a pretty kick ass computer and is probably a great choice for most anybody. But here's why I want the MacBook Pro:
1. Larger screen. I like my current 15" 1280 X 854 screen and I'm looking forward to the 1440 X 900 screen on the 15" Macbook Pro.
2. Matte screen. The shiny screen was less of a problem than I though it would be but I do spend all day working on my computer designing, editing and writing with a window behind me.
3. Video Card. I want to run Motion and Second Life really well. The 256MB video card makes this possible.
4. Keyboard. The Macbook has a new keyboard which I typed on for a while and felt it was okay but not as nice as the Macbook pro keyboard (which is the same as my powerbook keyboard). The Macbook keys are flat instead of concave and they don't travel downward as far. Also when the hit the bottom they don't spring back the same way. I'm sure this is all a matter of pereference but I've always really like the Al Powerbook keyboards.
The one thing I wish the 15" Macbook pro had is the 8X dual layer DVD drive.
Also, if you want to, you can run Windows on all of these at native speed.
So if you don't want to run the most intensive 3D games and such on your laptop, the Macbook seems like it's by far the most bang for your buck. Certainly if your primary purpose is to edit video, audio and publish a blog the $1300 (the one with the 4x DVD burner - for back ups) Macbook is a pretty awesome computer.
-Verdi
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