mac book with mac book pro graphics card?

Has anyone tried to set up a configuration through apple to get the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 128MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and dual-link DVI graphics card installed into a regular macbook?? Is it possible? does it support it? Ifso how much extra should I be looking to spend (with the 13 inch white 2.16ghz with 2gb ram, and all other things standard)

Thanks!!

 

Uhh...don't try...even if it was possible it'd totally overheat the MacBook.

If you really need the graphics card then you'll have to get the MBP. A 13.3-inch can't support a 8600GT, especially in the size and thinness of the MB.

And by taking apart your MacBook you automatically void the warranty as well. So watch for that. The danger of putting such a power graphics card in a small casing, a.k.a. many chances of problems and overheating, if even possible to do + the voided warranty = bad idea.

 

While this is all true, you didn't even mention that the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT "card" isn't even a card. It's a chipset that's soldered onto the logic board. Adding a Geforce card to a Macbook is, in a word, impossible.

 

yeah I figured as much.


Since I have your attention, and would rather not make another thread.. I have another question of a diff topic.

I graduated college in May, but still want to take advantage of the student rebate. Is this possible? Or should I look for a friend who is still a student to purchase it and give them the money?

 

Apple won't do this and for you to do it yourself would be nearly impossible because the macbooks come with integrated graphics.

 

Apple is pretty lenient with Student Discounts...just show your old Student ID, they may accept it. If it doesn't work ask your friend to buy it for you.

 

:-/

its starting to seem really dificult to find a reasonably priced laptop with the graphics I want in the 13inch range.

I could always go for the dell M1330, but I've had a bad record with dells in the past.

bleh.

 

If you don't mind going a bit bigger, there's quite a few 14.1-inch notebooks with graphics. Look at the V2S, its go a 8600GS, but its pretty expensive though.

 

the m1330 is having a tremendous amount of quality issues coming out of the gate from Dell's factories. they still haven't solved numerous issues, one of which was the paint finishes on them (absurd if you ask me). severs posters in the dell forums section of NBR have had serious quality issues from having a computer with NO BIOS INSTALLED to missing screws.

Anyway, I digress. The MB would have been my choice laptop had it had a better graphics card. However, heat is a major issue with this, especially in the tight confines of the laptop. It would be cool if Apple made an MB with a 14.1 inch screen and an nvidia 8400, with the upcoming Penryn from Intel. That offers a great middle ground between the current MB's and MBP's, at a possibly good price point.

 

that would be perfect actually. Priced around 1700-1800 (with 2gb ram 2.20ghz and atleast 120 storage)

:-/ I think I may just settle on a macbook though. I mean, its not too expensive, and I could always save a bit and try to build up my pc.

 

Heh, well, I actually don't remember what they do to make sure that you're a student. But I also graduated, but since I still have my email account with my Alma Mater, so I think I can still get things with the student discount as well. I never had to send in like... a class transcript when I bought my MBP with the student discount, so I think you're in the clear. And if you go in store, your id should be good enough.

I plan to do the same with Adobes creative suite :-D