Macbok Pro Core 2 duo with FCP

I'm currently using FCP 5.0.4 on a dual 2.5 Ghz G5 Power Mac in 10.4.8 I need more portability and am looking a the new Macbok Pro with the Core 2 Duo processor. Is anyone usng this combo yet? Can anyone give me a rough idea how FCP will behave (primarily speed wise) on th Macbook Pro compared to the dual 2.5 Ghz G5?
Dual 2.5 Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp18.html
Remember though, in real world applications, network bandwidth, hard drive access by various background applications can significantly affect application performance.

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You are trying to use software that is over 10 years old. As I read it, FCP 3.0.2 required 10.1 or higher at the time, but as FCP is reliant on quicktime, which has been updated many, many times, I doubt that you will ever get it to work properly.

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Can you find the little "getting started" pamphlet, manual, or PDF that came with it? It should name the connectors.
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It is Not available as a download... It is a Paid Upgrade.
Do this first...
Check that your Mac meets the System Requirements for Snow Leopard...
Snow Leopard Tech Specs
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
If so... Purchase a Snow Leopard Install Disc...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
After the Successful Install, run Software Update to get the latest updates for Snow Leopard.
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...
Next... Check that your Mac meets the Requirements for Mountain Lion.
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
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http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
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It is important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
See Here > OWC RAM > http://www.macsales.com
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Hi there,
I normally keep each of my macs for about 4-5 years before upgrading, and its about that time for me. I currently have a 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram, and am leaning towards getting a new 27 inch imac for my home studio. My alternative is getting the 15 inch mac book pro retina, which I could still hook up to a large display at home, but also use for live performances.
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The reason I'm leaning towards the iMac, is because my configuration will likely be $400-600 less expensive than the macbook pro retina, the size of the screen, and the ease of not having to plugging a laptop into all my peripherals whenever I enter my studio. This will only be viable however, if my macbook pro is capable of handling mainstage duties.
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I have a mid-2009 MBP with a 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo with 8 GB of RAM and MainStage 3.0.1 runs very well. I recently played a pit orchestra job with Alicia's Keys as my primary piano sound from within MainStage and there were no problems (I did alias the patch throughout the show but that's just good resource useage).
I suspect you would have a similar experience on your current hardware. Buy MainStage and try it out. Its only $30 or so and you can run it on any Mac you own so you really won't waste the money.
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You got bad (wrong) advice.
If the download didn't work, it has nothing to do with the performance characteristics of your machine. You could download CS5.5 on a low-end PC from 10 years ago, it doesn't take much.
Unfortunately Adobe's download manager is a bit flakey. Best advice is to use Firefox and try the download again.
It doesn't have anything to do with the power of your computer, be it speed, processor type, or RAM.
Make sure you're using FIrefox (if not, download and install it first), and then try the download again.
Also, the download manager depends on Java. Make sure you have Java installed (but I think you must, because otherwise the download would not have started?).
If it still doesn't work, give us some more detail. Error message? Screenshot?

Who has a brand spanking new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo? Comments?

Hi,
Ok, it's been almost 3 months since I posted a similar post asking for experiences with the new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo.
Please let me know how things are working, whether you went 5400 or 7200 internal (my main concern), pros and cons, size of screen (15" or 17"), etc...
Got my eyes on a 17", but don't know which internal to do.
Thanks!
PS - I may go iMac 24" (because it has Firewire 800) and keep this ol' PB G4 1 gightz for portability... thoughts?

If you want to use Logic, then 15 inch screen is a must. There is not enough > space on the 13 inch to view Logic, especially when you open the soft synths.
well yes... or, in my case, the 15 inch screen was still not enough so I went for the 17. it has exactly the same res as the 20" cinema display which I was already used to with logic, so I'm happy. plus I never use this machine as my laptop to carry around (I kept my powerbook for that) so I didn't need to compromise on getting something that was still not too big to be a comfortable laptop. but I think if you do want to work with logic effectively and still have a laptop that's a practical size to use as a general laptop, the 15" is the right choice.
what internal speed drive did you go with? 5400 or 7200
I went for the 7200rpm drive. have you read all the information out there on the net about the new PMR technology that's used on the 160/5400 and 200/4200 drive options in the MBPs? there are some very comprehensive benchmarks that have been run which show that there's not as much of a dramatic difference anymore between the 7200 and the 5400. for some operations under certain conditions, the 5400 actually appeared to be faster.
you're not planning to use the internal drive for audio though, are you?
my reasoning for getting the 7200 drive is the following. OSX permanenty and automatically uses disk-based virtual memory just in regular operation. it is constantly creating and reading swap files, as well as just referencing little bits of whatever data that the apps and the system need to run. this VM use becomes heavier the more your actual physical RAM starts being used up. now seeing as I know that I'm going to be running heavy logic sessions, using up as much RAM as I can get with samples and just general everything.. I decided I needed to have the snappiest system drive I could get. even given the benchmarks for the PMR drives, I still felt that fast read/write access speeds and the fastest seek time possible is what I needed to have optimal performance. sure a 5400rpm PMR drive might have great specs for a lot of things. but when the system needs to be able to find whatever swap files or system resource as quickly as possible, I still think you can't beat a disk that is just physically spinning faster.
the other thing I've done is this. when I first got the machine, I reformatted it and did my own custom install of OSX. traditional drives perform best when they are less than half full. from what I've read, anything down to 30% full is still on an improving curve, and maybe it gets better still even less full. so I scaled back the install to as lean a system as I could. I've installed only the most important apps that I need, and I definitely did not install the iwork and office trial software. after that, I used software called monolingual to remove even more language localizations (which are added with app support) on top of what I had already left out in my custom install. this got me back almost another GB of space. also, my itunes library is not on my MBP.. I've kept it on my powerbook. the only times I ever want to listen to music from my itunes library on the MBP is when the powerbook is nearby anyway, seeing as the powerbook is the only machine that I ever take anywhere. so, the library just appears in itunes on the MBP as shared music. my iphoto library is locally stored on my MBP though, because iphoto runs so much faster on this machine.. but this is the only concession to include personal files that I've made on the MBP. so, out of a 100GB system drive, I still have 62GB of free space left, and I'll keep it as close to that as I can.
as for my project audio and my sound library, it's all on an external FW800 drive. but I'm also considering getting an e-SATA card and getting a drive for that, because it will be even faster and will free up the FW bus to have full-bandwidth use of something like liquid mix. we'll see.
anyway, so far so good. like I said in my first post, logic is running like a demon. in general, this machine is running real fast for everything, like a fast desktop.
but I think the problem with your question is.. it's going to be hard for anyone to be able to tell you how it would have been had they gotten a different drive. I have no idea if my system would be running logic any less fast if I'd gone with the 5400. my instincts tell me that maybe it'd have slightly less of an edge, but I can't really say. it's probably true that if I was using my 7200 drive less cautiously than I am, and that it was getting close to full, then it would probably slow down a bit more dramatically than a 5400 would have, if I had one of those and it was getting full. this is to do with the fact that higher data density on the same sized platter can mean faster seek times only when they are starting to get fuller, and also to do with aspects of how PMR disks work. but I think that a well managed and lean 7200 drive that is much more than half full will still give you a slightly perkier system than a 5400 PMR drive used at its best. there's not really any way I can know this for sure though.
end of the day, I don't honestly think logic would run like a dog with a 5400rpm PMR drive. but if you want the absolute best performance you can get, you're better off keeping a lean system drive, trying to keep it at least only half full or better.. and then using a fast external for your projects and sound library. in that case, I don't see the point of getting a 160GB internal drive, just so that you have more space to keep empty.
but if you want to use the machine for multiple purposes and you could really use that extra disk space, then I still think logic will run more than fine. compared to your powerbook, there's no way you'll be dissapointed.. it's like having a dual 2.5ghz G5, if not faster, only in a less than one inch thick case that you can carry in your bag.

Now who has a brand new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo?

Hi,
Keep checking each week or so for experiences with the new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo.
Please let me know how things are working, whether you went 5400 or 7200 internal, pros and cons, size of screen (15" or 17"), etc...
Got my eyes on a 17", but don't know which internal to do.
Thanks!

david, to be perfectly honest I think the primary advantage of the trio is its convenience. no fuss, well thought out monitoring. a dumbed down (in terms of controls) compression and EQ section on the mono mic preamp strip. easy to use talkback, monitor switching and 2 separate headphone amps.
the compressor and EQ do sound nice, the circuitry is lifted from their high end gear, but it's more intended just for getting a decent sound easily and quickly, I'm sure some corners were cut. the EQ bands are preset, the compression control is one knob (plus gain as another way to drive it), but it's a variable mu compressor design so it's normal that there's no threshold and attack/release settings. for what it is, it sounds nice, and I have on occasion chosen to use it over the avalon 737sp because it had the sound I wanted. it sounds good, but as a vocal producer I'm sure you know that for precision work, if its compressor and EQ don't let you tune in to just the right sweet spots in your source due to only having a single preset variable mu threshold/attack/release curve and preset HF and LF EQ, then it won't cut it on that day. you'll need more precise control.
that said, you can bypass its comp/eq by inserting another one, so if you have your fancy rack of golden preamps and channel strips you use for single mic recording, you can stick that in the chain and just benefit from the trio's nicely implemented ease-of-use and record away using all the glorious sounding input and control you get on the channel strip of your choice.
I've found the sound of its converters pretty good too. I haven't A/B'd it with a rosetta or with a digi 192 but I doubt it is in either of those leagues. still, it's clean. stereo field is good.
what would you be looking at it for exactly? if it's for your idea sketchpad setup I'd say check one out, no hesitation. for that kind of use it could hardly be better. and as I mentioned above, you can effectively swap out its channel strip for the best one you have, so it can also be used for tracking of material that you will still be pleased with taking through to mix stage, for those days you aren't tracking in a 2000 dollar a day studio. even the internal comp/EQ is good enough for this if its tuning happens to gel with your source.
one thing I have noticed though is that it's not the quietest pre in terms of hiss. not talking anything as horrible as say the cavernous white background noise of the worst mixer ever made, the yamaha pro 1? I have banished the name from memory.... it's just a subtle thing, comes up more obviously when you wind in HF EQ, obviously.. not even a real issue for rock/pop/dance vocals, maybe more so for recording your favourite baritone at carnegie hall, but you wouldn't really be bringing a small all in one tracking/monitoring box to a session like that anyway, it wouldn't pass dress code. and again, the channel strip is bypassable for a better one anyway, so bye bye to its sound, hello to the sound of your choice.
as for build quality etc, well I think it feels a bit more solid than it looks in photos. although once or twice I had to switch it off and back on again cos the sound died, on a very hot day in a very not airconditioned room.
anyway there you go. if you want better advice, tell me what you actually would want to use it for and I'll tell you what I think. an RME may be a better idea depending on what you need.
btw had a look at your site. looks like you've done your share of nice work. I'd love to play you some of my vocal production work some time (part of me wants to be a vocal producer when I grow up). are you based in LA? I'll likely be there at some point in the new year on a project, always a pleasure to meet fellow music heads.
take care,
antonio

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Russell
And very wise too.
It simply quits the Rosetta emulation layer. Then when you launch a Rosetta app, like Painter, it restarts it.
Check out:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060609174903641
for a GUI way to do the same thing, using Activity Monitor
or
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006080308222881
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Regards
TD

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Re: MacBook Pro i5 2.4 Ghz vs. MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz
Hello,
I am new to CS5 / Photoshop (& Apple!) and am looking forward to diving in. However I am about to purchase either a used MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz or the MacBook Pro i5 2.4 Ghz. Can anyone provide me with information as performance differences I may see between the 2 processors using CS5 for photo/video editing? I appreciate any insight!
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My biggest question is around performance of the the CPUs on Photoshop, etc ...??? That being said, there is a $300 difference and is the new machine worth it in performance???
Appreciate your help!

georgecoll wrote:
Re: MacBook Pro i5 2.4 Ghz vs. MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz
Hello,
I am new to CS5 / Photoshop (& Apple!) and am looking forward to diving in. However I am about to purchase either a used MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz or the MacBook Pro i5 2.4 Ghz. Can anyone provide me with information as performance differences I may see between the 2 processors using CS5 for photo/video editing? I appreciate any insight!
The MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz has been upgraded to 8GB of RAM, has the no glare screen, and a 750GB Hardrive. The new i5 I would buy is the lower end model. Less RAM and smaller HD, however they are obviously upgradeable in the future. It also would not have the no glare screen.
My biggest question is around performance of the the CPUs on Photoshop, etc ...??? That being said, there is a $300 difference and is the new machine worth it in performance???
Appreciate your help!
If you're going to do serious Photoshopping, then more ram is better. But, without knowing the price differences, I'll be honest, go for the i5 version, it'll work better for you. It'll cost you about $120 to upgrade the RAM to 8GB (go to any reputable online dealer or Amazon). It'll cost you about $110 to upgrade to 1TB internal HDD. Both upgrade are user friendly and do not harm the warranty of the new MBP.
So, for $230 in upgrades, you'll have similar specs as the used one, but a much faster performing processor. Unless the Core 2 Duo is MUCH cheaper, I'd buy new, then immediately upgrade. I have the i7 processor, I did the upgrades, and whenever I turn on the Core 2 Duo, it feels like I'm using an abacus. OK, not that bad, but the difference on video encoding and photoshop/Aperture is huge.

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Your OEM DVD for OS X has the latest drivers, which would be 3.x
Luckily you skipped DL drivers, that is broken with 10.6.6, wrong reason, right response.
You don't want retail OS X DVD if you have a NEW Mac, you should have OEM DVD from Apple.
Apple though doesn't probably list "Windows 7" though it should, or have "Vista/7" or just "Bootcamp64.msi"
Uninstall drivers, rollback drivers, and/or uninstall programs, rather than redo everything.
Just got a Apple MacBook Pro - Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 13.3? - 4 GB Ram - 250 GB HDD.
i clicked on boot camp then it asked to download windows files or said i already have.
i picked already had thinking it meant the windows 7 x64 dvd.
i then made the windows 7 partition 50gb and the remainder was SL. after installing windows 7 x64 windows started up.
i then installed the boot camp drivers off the SL dvd and i think that version was 2.1. after installing them i then updated boot camp from 2.1 to 3.0 to 3.1 then 3.2.
after this my video card which is a NVIDIA 320 showed up as a standard VGA and i was missing my SM Bus and Coprocesser driver.
i read something about getting the drivers from here to fix it
D:\Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\NVidiaChipset.exe (D meaning your dvd drive) but i didn't see that file on there.
i saw version on there for every OS but windows 7 x64. not sure how to fix this can someone help me in what i am doing wrong.
i was going to just delete the windows partition again and start over.
so i started over and reinstalled windows 7 x64 again.
i was able to get the video card driver for the 320 NVidia of NVidia's website. so now my video is working but now its saying i have 3 missing drivers.
Bluetooth, Coprocessor and SM Bus...
i have tried everything to get these drives install.
tried everything i have found online but can't get it working.
this was the last one i tried here:
http://realitypod.com/2010/09/solved-macbook-pro-running-windows-7-missing-sm-bu s-driver/
but the problem is on my Snow Leopard Retail 10.6 disc i don't see this file
"D:\Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\NVidiaChipset64.exe"
tried going to the vista64 folder on the disc for SM Bus and it wouldn't install anything.

MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo vs. MacBook Pro Core Duo

I currently have a MacBook Pro 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo. Is it worth it to upgrade to the most recent MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo? What will I gain by spending the money? Does the battery get as hot on the Core 2 Duo as it does on the Core Duo or was that issue resolved?
Any insight and/or advice would be most appreciated.
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I'm sitting here making a list of the helpful Mac software to download for my new 2.4 LED MBP Core 2 Duo (2 GB memory) with the Santa Rosa chipset, and looking through the Applications folder of my 1.83 MBP Core Duo (2 GB memory).
I've actually been doing side-by-side comparisons throughout the day, and here are my admittedly subjective impressions. Please understand that I'm not doing benchmarking---you will soon find lots of places giving you those numbers, and they don't mean much to me anyway. I use my computers in my job and they are tools, albeit fascinating, but a tool nonetheless. My impressions are just that--what does it "feel" like to me. So, if you want benchmarks with numbers, I apologize.
1. Everyday work-type use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Safari, e-mail): About equal in terms of speed and ability to manipulate large Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. The new MBP "feels" slightly faster but not that "wow, this is fast" that I experienced when going from my old Dell laptop to the MBP Core Duo. What I have experienced is a new appreciation for my old Core Duo--it has no trouble keeping up with the new one.
2. Video and photo editing: Again, the new MBP feels slightly faster, and timing the rendering of a short video clip was faster on the new one compared with the old one, but not by much. In fact not enough of a difference to retire the old one for less demanding tasks---it will remain one of my main computers.
3. Heat: Sometimes it feels like my old MBP could cook eggs on it after doing some video editing or after a long DVD session. The new one seems to run a lot cooler---a lot cooler, although I haven't had a real chance to stress it, but comparing the same tasks side-by-side for transferring and running through my photo collection, the difference in heat was very noticeable. The old one was hot, and the new one actually felt cool to the touch (a little warm, but compared to my old one, it felt cool). I suspect I will continue to see that the new one runs a lot cooler.
4. Battery: In running the battery down to empty today, I got 4 hours and 40 minutes on the new one and 3 hours 10 minutes on the old one---quite a difference. I expect more once I calibrate the battery on the new one. I should say that when I run on battery, I shut down Bluetooth and Airport if I don't need them in order to save on power.
I'll do some more comparing in the next few days, just to see if there are major differences. Right now, I like the LED screen but it looks the same as my old one---maybe I just can't tell the difference.
All in all, the new one is fast and cool with a longer battery life, whereas the old one is fast and hot with a shorter battery life.
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I have a new appreciation for my old workhorse, the 1.83 MBP Core Duo--it's still a great computer. I almost gave it to my wife, but not after today.

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Singenu wrote:
I tought about looking in Monitor Activity to see what happens...
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200% or more is not strange. Remember that your mac has 4 cores (you say it's 3 months old, so I assume it is a new model), so 200% amounts to using 2 of these 4 cores to the max.
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Back up all data.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Enter the name of your wireless network in the search box. You should have one or more "AirPort network password" items with that name. Make a note of the name and password, then delete all the items. Quit Keychain Access. Turn Wi-Fi off and then back on. Reconnect to the network.

Macbok Pro Core 2 duo with FCP

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