The new Macbook core 2 duo

Just got it today
2.33
120gig
2 gigs of ram
glossy screen
runs great screen seems brighter then my old macbook pro 17inch
but when i play world of warcraft the fans go bananas my old macbook pro didn't turn on the fans once while playing WOW.
Beside all that performance is good and i get 30-90 frame rates when playing WOW everything maxed.

I would gladly sacrifice quiet fans to keeping the computer cool while playing video games. 75+C is not good for any processor to be at and it probably decreases the total life of your major components by a lot.
BTW why would you be using any 3D application like video games while on battery power?
There is a link to a thread that allows you to install a program or pref pane in order to control your fan speeds and the pref pane lets you change how quickly the fans ramp up and stuff. Here it is, look on the later pages for the links to the programs:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3373689#3373689

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Does itunes work with the new intel core duo processor?

i want to go buy a new laptop and the one I have in mind has the new intel core duo T2300 or the T2400 processor. Can i still download itunes onto this computer? Does it meet the requirments becuase the download page says you need a pentium or BETTER? The new macs are putting them in their computers, but will the windows and intel duo be able to support the itunes application?

are you asking if it is compatible meaning will it
install/run or are you asking if flash is
optimized to take advantage of this particular setup?
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> I am currently looking at up grading to a new pc but
have heard that the new
> Intel Core Duo Processor isn't compatible with Flash or
Studio 8?
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> Has anyone got a PC running with an Intel Core Duo
Processor, and if so does
> it work with Flash and or Studio 8?
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MacBook Core Duo vs. MacBook Core Duo 2: does it matter?

I'm poised and ready to click BUY, but I still have a couple of questions. I'm moving on from my iBook G4, to a MacBook. I thought I was ready to go for the new MacBook Core Duo 2, but then I saw the refurbished MacBook Core Duo--and a refurbished MacBook Pro for the same price as a new MacBook. Now I'm confused all over again!
So, what's the major change between Core Duo and Core Duo 2? And is it possible for the MacBook Pro to be too much computer for me? In addition to the usual Apple stuff, I use Microsoft Office 2004, Photoshop Elements 4.0, and FileMaker Pro 8.5.
One last question, is it true that the text appears smaller on the MacBook than on the iBook G4?

In case anyone is interested--I ended up buying the MacBook Core Duo 2, 1.83, with an upgrade to 1MB. I was THIS CLOSE to getting the refurbished one, until I found out that the Core Duo 2 runs cooler than the original. Since I use my soon-to-be-replaced iBook on my lap 101% of the time, temperature was a huge consideration for me. In fact, when I first made the switch to a laptop, I bought a PowerBook and returned it after, oh, an HOUR of use, due to first degree burns (okay, not quite). When I called Apple, they told me that the computer was not a LAPtop, but rather a portable computer. I "ported" it right back to them.
Wish me luck with my new MacBook!!! I'll come back and let you know how it goes--good, bad, or otherwise! (I always feel like not enough people post good news...)
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Refurbished MacBook Core Duo or New MacBook Core 2 Duo w/Edu Discount?

I'm interested in getting an Apple notebook for school and can't decide whether to get the new MacBook Core 2 Duo and use my student discount or just get a refurbished MacBook Core Duo for a few hundred less. Is the Core 2 Duo chip worth the extra money? I plan on using it for my design courses, which use the Adobe and Macromedia suite of applications. Oh, and I plan on playing WoW on it as well.
Thanks!

Well theres a few important details here:
What version of the Core Duo were you after (Basic Middle or Black) for refurb?
What version are you thinking of for the Edu Discount?
Personally i'm going to university next year and am Planning on buying a Macbook in about March or June (What ever model is out then hopefully a 3rd revision). But from what is out the greatest value out of all Macbooks to date is the Middle Version of the MBC2D.
In the Core Duo generation, the jump from basic to Middle wasn't big. You got a slightly faster processor and Super Drive. Now for the same price difference you not only get the bonus C2D processor you get 1GB of Ram, A Superdrive, and a 80 GB Hard drive. For that reason, the best value i would say is the middle version of the C2D Macbooks.
You may not think that you really need 1 GB of Ram or a 80 GB Harddrive but after using a mac mini (which i unfortunately returned) I quickly realized how slow these machines are without sufficient ram. If you plan on using the Adobe suite which is not yet UB you will have a rough time without at least one gig of ram. By then it would probably be UB, but still, programs like Photoshop and Cinema 4D (If you are taking any computer animation courses) will not run well with just 512 MBs. Leopard, i'm expecting will also recommend aproximately 1 Gig of ram. If you plan on playing WoW and doing Work (Exactly what i'm planning on doing on MB) i'd go for 1 Gig of ram at least no matter what generation you get. The 80 Gigs is also in my opinion required if your running bootcamp. 60 Gig HD is insufficient, because, after being formated and having both Mac OSX and Windows XP (Or Vista) on it, the 60 GB HD may end up as more of 52 Gig HD which isn't much space to devide between to Operating Systems. (After installing +your suites that gives you like 45 Gigs to split+Music or videos you may have... brings you down to like 37 GBs + the 10 Gigs you should keep free for your computer to run fine that gives you about 27 Gigs to devide as freem space). If you plan on only running OSX then 60 Gigs should be sufficient if your not doing video editing. But if you want to run Bootcamp I'd get at least 80 Gigs (I'd go with 120 but the jump in price from 80 to 120 is huge compared the jump from 60 to 80). This is why i think the Middle CD2 is the best Macbook because you get 80 GB HD with 1 Gig of ram, a faster processor and they throw in your Superdrive from a relatively small jump in price. When looking to make a purchase try to get the cheap upgrades if they will help (Eg. a 80 Gig HD over a 60 gig HD for a small price) and try to stay away from expensive premium upgrades (120 GiG HD for much more money- unless you really need it).
Hope that helps your decision,
Sorry if the grammar/spelling is horrible, I wrote this very quickly and didn't bother with grammar/proof reading.
Good luck,
I'm sure you will be happy with w/e macbook you choose but like i said i recommend a 80GB HD and 1GB ram at least on either generation of MB. I
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Macbook (core duo) - supports 'n' ?

Just to clarify...
The original macbook (core duo) does not support 'n' speeds correct? I have applied the update and profiler lists my airport card as 'extreme' but I seem to be able to connect only at 'g' speeds.
Wanting some clarification. Thanks...

Actually the standard for 128 bit WEP specifies a 13 ASCII character (or 26 hexadecimal character) password. This is nothing new.
Given the 13-character requirement, does that mean only WPA security can be used in a wireless environment containing both PC's and Mac's?
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I have a MacBook from 2009. It is a 3.06 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. I am considering getting the new MacBook 2.7GHZ i7. Is that better?

I have a MacBook from 2009. It is a 3.06 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. I am considering getting the new MacBook 2.7GHZ i7. Is that better?

Debevecoriginals wrote:
The 3.06 GHZ doesn't make a difference in comparison?
Not even close - 3.06GHz is a dual core - 1066MHz system bus.
2.7GHz = Quad Core - 1600MHz system bus.
Which do you think is faster?

MacBook core duo Sept. 2006 - the audio is a mystery. Any analogue out has bass boost with bass distortion. With digital out, by USB or Airport Express Airtunes, the frequency response is normal. Somewhere, Apple put in an analogue bass boost.. why?!

Since new, my Macbook core duo has sent all audio to all analogue outputs with frequency distortion. Some physical hardware or firmware in the analogue section adds a bass boost to the frequency response of the audio.... And, this boost adds bass frequency distortion to most, if not all, of the audio analogue output.
This happens for all audio sources, players, iTunes, videos, streaming audio/video, movies... any sound source available to the Macbook. No-one with whom I have talked about this problem, has ever heard of it. Not elegant ideas for reducing it are to use equalisers on players and iTunes. iTunes even has a preprogrammed "bass reduce" on its equaliser, as if it knows already that this inherent bass boost "feature" has been built into the Macbook, and cannot be defeated by the user.
The digital audio is of sufficiently high quality to play well on a very good to excellent sound-system; so, it's a shame someone has mucked around with the frequency response of the analogue conversion, by designing the frequency distortion right into the computer. This motherboard, (which includes the sound-section), has been replaced, along with the speakers, and everything sounds exactly the same as it was before.
To receive a flat frequency response and no frequency distortion, I listen on one receiver using Airtunes, (it doesn't matter whether or not the analogue or digital output jack is wired analogue or connected via optical cable.... the freq. response is flat); and I listen on a high-end stereo system using an USB output port to an A/D converter, passing the analogue result using long patch-cords connected to the "line-in" jacks of the stereo. The bummer is that most of my audio sources are not derived from iTunes... hence, I cannot use Airtunes with Airport express for them. I've tried using "Airfoil" without luck. The sound becomes distorted with sibilance and other frequency anomalies.
Question: has anyone else discovered this sound imperfection in any Mac product? And, does anyone know if Apple is aware of it? Finally, has anyone found an Apple fix for the problem; or, at least, come up with better solutions than I have?
Thanks heaps for any impute and answers you may supply!! junadowns

Army wrote:
This might not help you a lot, but if you want a stable system, try using packages from the repo wherever possible, look at the news before you update your system and don't mess things up (like bad configuration etc.).
When it comes to performance, you won't gain much by compiling linux by yourself! Just use the linux package from [core] or if you want a bit more performance, install the ck-kernel from
[repo-ck]
Server = http://repo-ck.com/$arch
(this has to go to the bottom of /etc/pacman.conf)
(use that one which is best for your cpu (in your case this might be the package linux-ck-corex).
Hmmm, Linux-ck-corex doesn't even load.. I am now trying to install the generic one. Hope it works.
Edit: I will first try linux-lqx...
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I bought an iphone 4. I have a MacBook Core Duo running 10.4. My husband has a Core Duo 2 running 10.5.8. Is there a way to move my ical and address book info. to his computer so I can sync with my new iphone?

I bought an iphone 4. I have a MacBook Core Duo running 10.4. My husband has a Core Duo 2 running 10.5.8. Is there a way to move my ical and address book info. to his computer so I can sync with my new iphone without upgrading software.

Hello hbell,
is there any reason that you do not want
to upgrade to v10.5.? Suggest you call
1-800-275-2273 Apple Support. Automated call
yet if you call back you can get in touch with an
Apple Software Specialist. They may be able to ship
you Leopard so that you can synch your new iPhone
to you own computer. Have the serial numbers of your
Mac and iPhone written down and ready for them.
As far as transferring data to your husbands MacBook
so that you can sync your iPhone on it I am really not
sure. Seems like a lot of trouble to get your data onto
your iPhone.
Good Luck,
A

Is it possible to upgrade my intel core 2 duo to the new intel core i5/i7?

Is it possible to upgrade my intel core 2 duo to the new intel core i5/i7 on my macbook air?

No, sorry. The processor is not upgradeable.
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Captfred

Refurb Macbook Dual Core or New Macbook Core 2 Duo?

OK, I admit I didn't do the research. I bought a refurb MacBook Core Duo 2GHz with the superdrive. Nice machine, and in good condition, as far as I can tell (it arrived tonight).
So suddenly I'm thinking of long term holding of this MacBook, and today I read somewhere the Core 2 Duo runs everything 25% faster than the Core Duo. So right away I'm thinking--whoops!
Are the Core 2 Duo machines significantly faster/better than the older Core Duo machines? In other words, should I rush this one back to Apple and buy the newer one at the couple hundred bucks more it'll cost?
Quick responses (and links to reviews etc.) much appreciated.
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Hi Pier,
We have both a White Core Duo 2Ghz (Yonah) and black Core 2 Duo 2.16 Ghz (Merom)....each one gets equally warm, esp. when running VMWare/Windows.
As far as speed, I really don't notice any difference, esp. w/ the 2GB of RAM in the 2.16Ghz model....I think the only thing I notice different is startup speed and that's it (difference of maybe 2-3 seconds).
My g/f uses NeoOffice, Office X, iWork '08, LaTeX, Grapher, VMWare, Geometers Sketchpad, etc., and usually they're usually all running at the same time; the Macbook barely breaks a sweat on the Yonah chip.
I'd say keep the refurb Cure Duo and just max the Ram. I still have a 1.66Ghz Yonah-based PC notebook (HP Pavilion) and it's still plenty fast.
My advice...save your money and get an ext. drive for backups, get SuperDuper, and max the RAM.

Is the ram in my Imac Al compatible with my macbook Core Duo???

Is the ram in my Imac Al compatible with my macbook Core Duo??? The ram in my Imac is 2x 1GB.
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KANE

Hi KANE,
all Intel-Macs, with the exception of the Mac Pro, use the same kind of RAM-Modules .
Specs are: 200-pin DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMMs up to 1.25” in height. The SO-DIMMs must be DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) compliant and must be unbuffered, unregistered, 8-byte, nonparity, and non-ECC.
So feel free to swap.
Stefan

Why is it that the new macbook pro processor upgrade option only offers up to 2.8 Ghz with Intel Dual Core i7, when back in Sep 12 I bought a 2.9 Ghz Intel Dual Core i7 Macbook, is the new one tuned to go much faster anyway?

Why is it that the new Macbook Pro processor upgrade option only offers up to 2.8 Ghz boosting to 3.3 Ghz with Intel Dual Core i7, when back in Sep 12 I bought a 2.9 Ghz boosting to 3.6 Ghz Intel Dual Core i7 Macbook, is the new one tuned somehow to go much faster anyway, or will the new one be slower in fact? Or does the solid state drive compensate for the lack of increased processor capacity?

The CPU's come from different Intel 'families'. The older ones are 'Ivy Bridge' and the newer ones are 'Haswell'. Numbers alone will not determine the efficiency of CPU.
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What is the max capacity of HDD for MACBOOK core duo

My macbook core duo can use a 160gb (or more) HDD, cant it?
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Hi
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Specs for a current model Core 2 Duo MacBook can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html
Specs for the earlier model Core Duo MacBook can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/specs/macbook/macbook.html
I have an early model Core Duo MacBook (about 18 months old) and I've increased the HD to 160 GB, split into two partitions for OS X and XP. No problems.
Bob

What's with the obsession for the new MB Core 2 Duo?

I just don't understand why many MB users are crying about the Macbook C2D which just came out today. I don't see much of improvement of this generation compared to the 1st one. Seems to me the only major change is just the CPU, which generally gives you what, 10% of speed difference, from the reviews ive read (the advertised 25%? I don't think so.). How many of you can really tell the difference?
The performance bottleneck of the Macbook is at the graphic card, not the CPU. If Apple had released the Macbook C2D with a dedicated graphic card, even if it was just an x1300 or an old-school x300, I would say this is a great buy and I would regret for my purchase of the old macbook a few months back, too. But unfortunately, that's not what just happened.
Anyway, looking at the new macbook C2D today, I'm still quite happy with my old macbook. Not a thread of regret at all. What about you guys?

The big deal is the 64-bit capability of the new chip. Being that Leopard is being advertised as being a fully 64-bit capable OS, there's a possible performance benefit in the future, along with more RAM capacity for the Mac Pro's. As of now, there's no reason to rush out and get one if you've got an "old" model.
In fact, I'm wondering if there won't be another refresh with Leopard that offers the newer PRE-N wireless chips like in the pro models for support for the next-gen Airport. Thus, I don't think I'm going to bite on this new model. I believe the next refresh will offer a lot more in term of new features and performance.
Nick

I got a new Macbook pro in March and transferred all of my old files into the new macbook from my old one. But ever since then, my iPhoto just does not open up. It says 'error' every time I try to open it, but I am still able to attach the iPhotos saved

I got a new Macbook pro in March and transferred all of my old files into the new macbook from my old one. But ever since then, my iPhoto just does not open up. It says 'error' every time I try to open it, but I am still able to attach the iPhotos saved to emails. Help! How do I get my iPhoto back?

Thanks, Sig.
The old computer is a 2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
The new one is a 2.3 GHz intel core i7
In going over this, thanks to "tallking it out" with you, I did discover the Text Edit problem. Because I've still been unable to get the new computer text size (fonts or whatever) to match the old computer, I did not notice that the curser is now different--the line midway down the curser has to be placed on the line I am working upon, otherwise the edits go elsewhere on the page. Now, with a bit of difficulty, I am able to get Text Edit to work correctly.
If you have any ideas as to why my menu bar and Text Edit type are still so slow, I'd love to have them.
(I went through the process you suggested earlier, re my Trackpad preferences, and found no improvement.)

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