MacBook vs. MacBook Pro
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='742038' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:22 PM
Another nice feature is that the MBP supports 6GB or RAM (unofficially).
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='742038' date='Dec 10 2008, 11:22 AM
Firewire is the real plus of going to the MBP for some. Another nice feature is that the MBP supports 6GB or RAM (unofficially). The extra memory is great for Virtualization.
In fact many people are upset of the RAM shortcoming in the MBP. Those are probably people that do extreme rendering and editing while multitasking into virtual machines
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='742082' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:00 AM
My advice is to go 4GB from the factory since you can't be safer than that.
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Originally Posted by KnIgHtCoM' post='742122' date='Dec 10 2008, 02:30 PM
Been running 2x2GB Patriot sticks in my MBP with no issues. Plenty of RAM to be had for cheaper than Apple: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....amp;srchInDesc=
If you go down this road you can very well change the hdd by yourself or other custom built hardware.
IMHO it's better to leave the Mac as it is...although RAM may be ok to swap. I for one would be careful even with that.
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I can't get OSX86 to run crash free on my Windows box.
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='742510' date='Dec 11 2008, 02:20 AM
I have a Leopard VM that runs on my Windows boxes... ![Tongue](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/tongue.gif)
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PS: VM is so over rated. Those are good only for scaling server jobs, or for using some apps on another OS (limited). Most of the virtual machine apps out there don't even know to take advantage of the multicore procs, aka running single core.
PSS: But what do you do when windows burps a blue screen at you? LOL
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Originally Posted by KnIgHtCoM' post='742540' date='Dec 11 2008, 03:01 AM
I can't get OSX86 to run crash free on my Windows box. ![Frown](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/sad.gif)
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='742082' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:00 AM
I never heard that! And if it's true than how can 6 GB be achieved? 2x3GB kits?? That's very odd and pretty unlikely one will find such a kit that's also Apple compatible.
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In fact many people are upset of the RAM shortcoming in the MBP. Those are probably people that do extreme rendering and editing while multitasking into virtual machines
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Apple just released new firmware today. No word yet if it changes the laptop's ability to address 8GB.
Either way, given that most Windows laptops will only address just over 3.5GB this is a real bonus for those wanting to run virtual environments in a portable.
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='742594' date='Dec 10 2008, 05:08 PM
PS: VM is so over rated. Those are good only for scaling server jobs, or for using some apps on another OS (limited). Most of the virtual machine apps out there don't even know to take advantage of the multicore procs, aka running single core.
As for multiple core support that's partially true. But in a laptop you normally only have two cores to work with anyway. But even VMWare Fusion has support for more cores.
I've used many different virtual environments on various native and virtual OSes and I can say they're not all created equal. Some are definitely better than others. My current favorite is VMWare Fusion on OSX as my native OS.