Making mac book pro original have more horsepower?
hello,
i have a mac book pro original. i have it linked to my hdtv and i have been trying to play 1080p movies with it.
at first i got through half the movie with no lag at all, and then there started to be some lagging problems where i'd have to close the video and reopen etc.
i am pretty sure my laptop is a little too slow for the playback i am assuming, and am wondering what are the best requirements for the specs, and what i can do to upgrade it.
here are my mbp specs currently:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.12f5
as you can see, i have 2.33 GHz...i heard for 1080p playback its recomended to have 3.0 GHz
so would i need to upgrade this? or just the ram or just the memory or everything!?...is there a 3GHz chip i can install?
thanks
-Mikw
hello, thanks for the reply.
thats nice to know that i may not need to upgrade hardware.
i am currently using VLC player for my movies.
i thought using this player may have something to do with the lags, but hey, its a free program.
the video i was playing back in 1080p is a blu-ray file. (m2ts)
i know their is another blu-ray format (mkv...i think..) although the files i have are m2ts, and i dont know if this kind is more complex or harder for a smoother playback. also, the file sizes are usually around 4gig
i notice i can play back 1080p trailers from the apple site with quicktime, although i see how it cant playback blu-ray files in quicktime, which is why im using vlc.
i currently have quicktime pro version 7.5.5 (249.24) by the way.
i have heard of perian for quicktime, but never looked too much into it. i see its free though!
i see that it can play mkv, but has many problems doing it in leopard, also i dont see anything about it playing back m2ts?
yesterday i played a m2ts 1080p movie, and half way through it lagged and i had to restart several times....today, i played the same movie and -didnt skip once!
i feel like skipping or lagging gets invoked when i pause it alot, or rewind to an earlier section in the movie and play from there...if i just play it straight through, without touching it once, i feel theres a better chance it will avoid lag. this is where my idea of upping the memory came it...maybe 4gig of ram will help with this?
if its true i don't need to update hardware, im assuming VLC may be what the lag problem is.
i like quicktime alot more and would download perain if it indeed can play m2ts.
hopefully its the video players and not the hardware thats the problem!! whats your input?
thanks so much
-Mike
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