Comments | tongodeon: Apple Tax: The Santa Rosa low-end

tongodeon

Apple Tax: The Santa Rosa low-end

Nov 02, 2007 10:55

Apple released a new Santa Rosa MacBook update yesterday so I figure I'd run the numbers again.

13" MacBook, 2028cc, 2.27kg, OSX 10.5, 2Ghz/4MB/1GB/80GB, X3100, DVD-R/CD-RW, 802.11n, 1394, GigE, Firewire, camera, Bluetooth, 1280x800 WXGA, 55w/h battery, 3 year warranty: $1348
14" Dell 1420, 2884cc, 2.45kg, Vista Home Premium, 2Ghz/2MB/1GB/80GB, ( Read more... )

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Comments 5

mister_borogove November 2 2007, 18:16:13 UTC

[X3100 will] use less power and generate less heat than a GeForce 8600 but I'm curious whether it's fast enough to run, say, Portal or TF2.

Word on the street is no ("choppy as a bastard"). Looks like it's about 1/4 the 3DMark performance of the 8600.

firewire vs. 1394...? tokyo_andrew November 4 2007, 07:27:52 UTC

what's the difference between "1394" and "Firewire"? not the same tech but with different (marketing) names?

Re: firewire vs. 1394...? tongodeon November 4 2007, 18:25:45 UTC

My understanding is that 1394 is Firewire. One's a brand name, the other is an IEEE specification.

Re: firewire vs. 1394...? mister_borogove November 4 2007, 20:55:08 UTC

Firewire on Apple hardware is always 6-pin, powered. Frequently, non-Apple 1394 uses a 4-pin, non-powered connector, so the device on the other end of the cable needs its own power supply, which is irritating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire

crisper November 4 2007, 18:58:05 UTC

I'm not hugely impressed with the video on the new MacBook. I was considering it for my next hardware purchase, but will probably hold off.