Black Macbook, Solidworks, GMA X3100 ?

Ok, for the first time I am regretting buying this black macbook! I am looking to run solidworks 09 on my Macbook using bootcamp an XP pro, but I am having trouble getting a clear answer on whether or not solidworks 09 will run adequately with the GMA X3100 video card. Solidworks says it is not supported, but I would like to know if anybody has actually tried it, and if so, the results?
Thank you
Jim

What do you mean by "can't handle it"? What happens?
How much RAM is in your machine? Are any processes consuming a high amount of CPU when you do these things? You can open up Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities) to check this. Make sure "All Processes" are being shown (the option is in the upper-right corner) and sort by %CPU. Are any processes consuming high double digit CPU?
~Lyssa

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VRAM (Total):          144 MB
Vendor:          Intel (0x8086)
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Revision ID:          0x0003
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Resolution:          1280 x 800
Depth:          32-Bit Color
Core Image:          Hardware Accelerated
Main Display:          Yes
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Online:          Yes
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I've read all kinds of horror stories about this Graphics Card GMA X3100 and Snow Leopard. I see that SL doesn't support it. I'm running ok on 10.5.8.
Should I upgrade or not? I'm mostly doing audio in Logic Pro and will be doing more HD video in iMovie for YouTube etc.
I like to hook up an older monitor to mirror my Macbook's. I've read where people have had problems with this after upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6.
Should I stay on 10.5 or will I get any benefit from 10.6? I'd like to get as close to up to date as possible if it'll be good for me. Thanks!
I have a few years old white Macbook:
MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook4,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Chipset Model:          GMA X3100
Type:          Display
Bus:          Built-In
VRAM (Total):          144 MB
Vendor:          Intel (0x8086)
Device ID:          0x2a02
Revision ID:          0x0003
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution:          1280 x 800
Depth:          32-Bit Color
Core Image:          Hardware Accelerated
Main Display:          Yes
Mirror:          Off
Online:          Yes
Quartz Extreme:          Supported
Built-In:          Yes

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~Lyssa

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Yeah PhotoBooth is defo laggy and slow especially when toggling between effects. iTunes visualizer is smooth for me however.
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PS i have 2GB of memory.
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Welcome to the forums.
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Hello everyone,
I recently purchased an external monitor (Dell ST2220L, with VGA, DVI D and HDMI plugs) to use with my macbook early 2008 (in Snowleopard 10.6.8) which has the Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor.
My professionnal PC, has an Intel HD family graphics processor and works fine with this new monitor (be it in VGA, DVI D or HDMI)
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When I plug the monitor via DVI (and via the mini dvi to dvi adapter) to the mac, the screen shows the message : "Entering power save mode" and goes into power save mode.
I have read and tried the solutions mentionned on pretty much on every related webforum (esp here / i wanted to add a message to that thread but it's been archived) :
resetting PRAM
resetting SMC
lowering MB screen light
disactivating any monitor option related to power save mode
selecting and unselecting Mirror display
using the software InsomniaX to prevent my MB from having power sleep options turned on...
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If you have a PC and the generic software that comes with the camera you can as well.
If iMovie 08 can import high definition video can it not output it on its own as AVCHD (AVC/H.264 - MPEG4) to DVD?

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I got 2 MacBooks, the mid 2007 and the late 2007.
The mid 2007 got an Intel GMA 950 video card with 64 MB.
The late 2007 got an Intel GMA X3100 video card with 144 MB.
The graphics, Exposé, video, open GL tests look smooth & nice on GMA 950 (64 MB).
However, on the newer GMA X3100, the graphics look slow, including the screensaver, even the mac waiting cursor looks a bit slow.
I went to Best Buy to check if the other mac did the same, and they did.
What do you think? Just a driver issue, or what is going on, GMA X3100 was supposed to be better, ironically, it works better in bootcamp than GMA 950, but not in Leopard.

There's two things you can do:
1. Submit the issue(s) via the feedback link for the MacBook which will be directed to the appropriate parties within Apple.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
You won't get a response, so if you're looking to troubleshoot the issue or send the machine in for repair than you'd need to go the route of AppleCare.
2. If both machines are less than a year old (they sound like it), you'd qualify for the one-year limited hardware warranty. If you choose not to buy AppleCare on your machine and it's older than 90-days you would be subject to a nominal fee to speak with an AppleCare technician for your specific issue.

GMA X3100 graphics card.

I was just wondering,
I want to buy the Sims 2 game for Mac, but it says i require a Radeon 9000 graphics card or better or a GeForce FX5200 graphics card or better. I currently own a MacBook with a GMA X3100 graphics card. I want to know if the Sims game will work with my current graphics card, as I already found out that Need For Speed Carbon wont work with it. I would also like to know if it will work with Leopard, as I recently upgraded.
Thanks in advance

Hi MacDeejay!
I was able to get Sims 2 running on my MacBook with the X3100 card without any major issues. I found that I needed to turn my graphics settings to low or else the more that began to appear on the screen things would slow down dramatically. Occasionally I'd get some odd rendering as some shaders and color combinations would take longer to load than others. I'd imagine the game to run extremely well on the MacBook Pro but it certainly runs on the MacBook.
It is listed on Intel's site for compatible games for the X3100 as well...
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

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Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
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GMA X3100 Graphics Choppy

Come on! 23 benchmark on open GL with GMA X3100, not even my old MacBook with GMA950.
Do you know if the software update for Leopard will fix this? Exposé is choppy, screensavers are choppy, dock is choppy...
Windows drivers on Boot Camp make really cool. Not in Mac, what is going on? Any way to report this directly to Apple?

Hi jsn1!
There certainly is:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
Good Luck!

Intel GMA X3100: could you guys let me know what games run well?

i purchased a macbook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and was wondering if you guys could let me know some games you may have had experiance with that run within a decent range of quality (that also isnt 27 years old) with the Intel GMA X3100 processor. im not a HUGE gamer looking to play doom 3 or anything. just browseing the market, trying to see what games i should even consider looking into.
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or the intel GMA x3100
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because i want to play sims 2 on a new macbook
thanks

Good morning,
Well, this is not an easy, clear cut question. The Radeon is an old, out of date card however it does have a dedicated GPU and Memory on board. The 3100 is an integrated chip with shared system memory, however, it is much newer and up to date.
I'd put my money on the 3100 myself, however, neither is really up to the task of playing The Sims 2 in my opinion, that game (on the PC) taxed my CoreDuo with a GeForce 7900GT. :P
Hope this helps! 
David

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Good question. I'll have to stop by my local Apple Store to check (I was there during the Leopard release, but didn't look specifically for that).

Will Diablo 2 work in bootcamp or parallels with the Intel GMA X3100?

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You need to use the Diablo II native installer.
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20758
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