How will the Macbook do in the long run ?
I will be buying a new Macbook when Leopard and iLife 07 are released. However, I have been increasingly hearing and reading negative feedback about the Intel GMA950 in the Macbook, so I've been looking to stretch my budget and get the low end 15" Macbook Pro instead. I know the GMA950 is sufficient for Core Image in Tiger and Leopard, but what when OS X.6 is released, say in about 2,5 tot 3 years ? I can't afford to buy a new Mac every 3 years. So basically, I'm wondering whether the Macbook is a 'futureproof' investment. I simple cannot believe that 64Mb of video memory will be sufficient, especially when you see that every graphics card you can find, even the cheap ones, carry 128Mb or more. I'm not going to ask whether the next revision of the Macbook will feature an improved graphics system, or if more video memory can be allocated by a firmware update (although that will eat away even more system memory), but I think that many people are asking themselves these questions. I don't need a powerful videocard now, since I'm not a gamer and don't do heavy 3D-stuff ; I'll be using my macbook for photo-editing (low end photoshop elements - plan to wait for universal binary), video-editing (iMovie, maybe Final Cut Express), iDVD, webdesign (Rapidweaver),... so really no high-end stuff. So I'm only 'thinking about the future' ! Thx for any feedback !
GMA950 shares memory the 64 MB is with the 512 MB ram. The more ram you have the more is shared I believe. Here is the spec on this site.
Memory available to Mac OS X may vary depending on graphics needs. Minimum graphics memory usage is 80MB, resulting in 432MB of system memory available on 1.83GHz models and 944MB of system memory available on 2.0GHz models.
This is with the stock memory that comes in each.
It varies depending on what you are doing and RAM installed.
I don't think any computer is "futureproof" but I personally think the MacBook is good enough for what you describe and will be for quite a while. I use it now with 1.25 gig of ram and watch movies in the background while working in photoshop CS. I have also run two different movies at the same time in separate windows to view differences as I work on them. No lag or problems have been noticed when I do this.
If you can afford it get the macbook pro but I don't think you will be disappointed with the macbook. You definitely get a lot of bang for your buck.
Mort
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