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I recently purchased a MBP 2.6 after returning a MP 2.8 8 core because i felt 6 of the cores were going to waste and it was all overkill. I edit video , edit photos , you know PS , FC and the works but Im hoping i made the right decision. So far it seems the MBP is right up to par with the MP if only by a difference of a few seconds on certain tasks. Is it true that there are no appz that take advantage of the 8 cores making it useless in the present? I need a powerful workstation for my work and portability weighed my decision , but why would anyone buy a machine that cannot be used to its full potential? So far I have no complaints and I would love some feedback from others in the same situation. THanks.

Thanks for your input. It is obvious that the MP is faster , my question is just how much, If we are talking about a few seconds that doesn't bother me and so far I haven't seen much a difference at all except in Poser 7 which utilizes more cores. That was to be expected though. Photoshop does NOT yet utilize more than 2 cores and CS4 is rumored to be the same. That is what is most important to me. Space is no issue I have 4 externals a and I drag and drop what i need for that day or week. The portability just outweighs the slight speed decrease by so much in my book. I mean who really wants a desktop box computer in this day and age?

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How on earth do you manage with only 2GB of RAM? Doubling that, or better would speed up your Mac.
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Nobody knows except Apple. The rest of us will know when they anounce it! And of course, Final Cut Pro has been discontinued.
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.. But may be it would be to complex.
you see from time to time such comparison charts in printed mac magazines .. I usually ignore, me no engineer
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Excellent, the chip I just bought is the 13th fastest one made right now.
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