Motion 4 and MacBook Pro with integrated nVidia 9400M Grapichs?

Question

Hi. I wonder if somebody has experience using Motion 4 (and/or other motion graphics software)with a MacBook Pro 13" or 15" with integrated nVidia 9400M Graphics.
So far I know those laptops are very good for video editing and Photoshop, but I don't still know about people that animate with them.
Thanks for your answers!

Answer 1

Heya Mark,
Thank you for responding. The information provided leaves a lot to consider. Personally I would consider frequent solo layers or lack of expectance for realtime performance for anything moderately complex in HD comparative to simple, minimal Motion projects as originally stated. But everyone has their own opinion I suppose...
Checked out the first few seconds of your linked reel - pretty cool. Like most reviewing reels I only looked at the first 15 seconds since I consider that the just of the reel. Then I went back and re-watched and I was especially interested in the West Marine flag. Nice fluttering of the flag - produced using only Motion? So you produced that solely on the MBP described in your post? What was the FPS on the project file? Have a project file with included media to download for testing?
Best regards,
OP,
With my profession I use many different systems/configurations on a daily basis. So yes; I have tested the performance on comparative configurations. Cinema 4D does not = Motion and "pretty good" is an opinionated statement. Much like "acceptable" or any other opinion you will receive from your inquiry that begs the opinions from others that may omit specific hardware and/or project configurations comparative to your consideration. Maybe you should try going to a Apple store and testing a project yourself on the machine you're considering... Just a thought.
Yeah your MBP will work - it's just that there's better machines out there can produce better results. If your consideration is the best that you can get for your budget then you'll get the best performance that you can get. I described it as "acceptable". If it's a black/white, yes/no question of whether your MBP consideration will work with Motion then the answer is yes. Otherwise you're asking for an opinion that may contain uncertainty. That's the deal. Best of luck on your hardware choice. I hope it works out for you! The lack of responses tells a tale for me. If this thread was flooded with responses form others saying "yeah the 13" MBP with integrated gfx card works GREAT with Motion" then I might consider the hardware. But two responses saying "acceptable" and "surprising amount" tells me that there's not much to hope for. If you're surprised by the results that your hardware performs at then you should not expect much from the get-go. I expect high performance from Mac Pro - I'm not surprised by its performance.