When will the atrocious  OpenGL performance be fixed?

I have a 15" MBP w/ the 8600m GT and have been suffering with absolutely terrible OpenGL performance ever since I bought it. I am aware this is not a new issue and I am not alone, but I was reminded of just how bad the situation is when I was reading a review of a new Santa Rosa-based MacBook, and it included OpenGL performance tests. Of course the MBP beat the regular MB in OpenGL performance, but the iMac with a Radeon 2600 beat the MBP by about 30%, even though the MBP has vastly superior graphics hardware. This is unacceptable. This has been unacceptable for many many many months. Does anyone from Apple ever read these forums? You've had months and months to fix this issue. If an MBP user just installs Boot Camp he instantly gets double the OpenGL performance in Windows. Have I mentioned this is unacceptable? When will this be fixed?

in addition to poor open GL performance, i've also had problems with any program utilizing antialiasing support. i recently sat down and called apple and had a discussion with their support line. while i didn't mention the poor open GL performance, i did mention the graphical errors i was experiencing with my MBP. i was told these issues are not normal, and have a replacment on the way. while these issues are some what numerous, i've not been able to find much more than a few articles or discussions on the topic. i'm hoping this means it is contained to a few MBPs and not all. we'll see when the replacment comes. if not, however, i'd consider a class action suit. the machine i bought was sold as a portable gaming machine, (apple.com/games/hardware) and thats not what i've gotten. i am very disappointed that apple has not even acknowledged the issue to let us know some fix is in the works. if enough of us make a big enough noise about it, perhaps we can get some sort of reply. i'd recommend you sending a note to apple as mentioned, then take some time to sit and give apple a call. they are very interested in listening to you, don't feel silly about calling about game perfromance, they are advertising these machines as such.
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