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    New MacBook - Penryn?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Skriver2008, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. Skriver2008

    Skriver2008 Newbie

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    Hey everybody!

    A quick question…

    Last week I ordered a new MacBook and apparently it is one of the New MacBooks with 2.4GHz 3MB/L2. I can not find any information on the processors’ name on the Apple-website, but I guess it is the Core 2 Duo T8300? Is this right? And does this mean that I get a notebook with “penryn”-technology and therefore even more battery life then the old MacBook with 2.2GHz 4MB/L2?

    This would make me happy since battery life is one of the main reasons that I choose the MacBook over the Lenovo T61, and it would make me looking even more forward to the arrival of my new New MacBook next week... :)

    Hoping to hear from you, best regards
    Skriver - Denmark
     
    Skriver2008, Mar 2, 2008
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes it is peryn, and it is the T8300 :)
     
    Johnny T, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. Skriver2008

    Skriver2008 Newbie

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    Witch means I can be looking forward to lesser performance then the old MacBook, but 5 minutes more battery life! Wheeeeee… :)

    Thank you for your reply!

    Best regards
    Skriver
     
    Skriver2008, Mar 2, 2008
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  4. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    what do you mean lesser performance? its MORE performance and LESS powerconsumption... this is a WIN, WIN situation here!
     
    wobble987, Mar 2, 2008
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  5. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, the T8300 is faster than the T7500 regardless of having 1MB less L2 Cache.
     
    Leo7, Mar 2, 2008
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Yeah, thats one of the points of Penryn. More proformance and more battery life. Plus cooler temp, and quieter.

    +1rep
     
    ahl395, Mar 2, 2008
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  7. r0k

    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    Welcome to NBR, Skriver2008!

    I just got the 2.4 Ghz Penryn Macbook to replace the 2.2 Ghz Santa Rosa Macbook I bought 2 weeks ago. I find it to be faster at most things. The extra gig of RAM doesn't hurt and it does seem to run noticably cooler. It is a win win to me which is why I paid restocking so I could switch.
     
    r0k, Mar 2, 2008
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  8. rsly33

    rsly33 Notebook Consultant

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    Thats not what the benchmark tests are showing...

    Older Macbook Pros have a slightly higher rating on Geekbench than the new Penryn processors

    The OP was right in saying less performance, more battery life for his Mac
     
    rsly33, Mar 2, 2008
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  9. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't comment on OS X but a T8300 in Vista is some 5-10% faster than the T7500 based on wPrime32 results.
     
    Leo7, Mar 2, 2008
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  10. Skriver2008

    Skriver2008 Newbie

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    Hey everybody!

    Thank you all very much for your replies – I rely appreciate it!

    Hmmm, looks like there is a lack of consensus on this issue – at least with these two particular processors, T8300 versus T7500. With out knowing anything about hardware I just thought that 1MB less cache could not be evened out by the extra 0.2 GHz. But I am only going to use the MacBook for text processing and web surfing anyway, so the extra performance of 1MB less cache is not the end of the world… :rolleyes:

    Thank you for the welcome r0k! It is great to hear that you are satisfied with the performance of your New MacBook compared to the old MacBook. I just hope it runs as quiet as my friends old MacBook and with at least the same battery life, cause that is basically the two features that made me choose the MacBook. What are your experiences on these points?

    Best regards to everyone
    Skriver
     
    Skriver2008, Mar 2, 2008
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  11. burningrave101

    burningrave101 Notebook Deity

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    Well then stop reading Geekbench and go over to a more reputable site like Anandtech where they did a pretty thorough review of the new MBP's. The T8300 is marginally faster than the 2.2Ghz T7500 across the board and that's the processor it replaced.
     
    burningrave101, Mar 2, 2008
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  12. burningrave101

    burningrave101 Notebook Deity

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    What extra gig of RAM? The previous 2.2Ghz model came with 2 gigs as well. Performance should be just slightly faster with the newer 2.4Ghz Penryn but nothing actually noticeable outside of benchmarks based on the CPU. It has a larger 200GB 5400rpm drive that's faster so if anything you'd notice a little improvement in performance there. And if you're talking about gaming performance naturally you have 256mb of vram now vs 128mb so that definitely makes a difference.
     
    burningrave101, Mar 2, 2008
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  13. rsly33

    rsly33 Notebook Consultant

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    Geekbench is not a website - Its a benchmarking program. The results have been mentioned on many tech blogs, websites, and forums.

    And the Anandtech comparison I saw had two Dells running Vista with Penryn- I didnt see a Mac review comparing the new MBP to the old MBP.
     
    rsly33, Mar 3, 2008
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    wheelhot Newbie

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    Anyway just to let you know, the new MB still uses SantaRosa except it comes with Penryn instead of Merom so its not SantaRosa MacBook or Penryn MacBook, its actually Merom MacBook and Penryn MacBook.

    Penryn, Merom is the processor whereas SantaRosa is CPU.

    Guess I have to wait for Montevina this May/June and hopefully there is a big discount for MBP.
     
    wheelhot, Mar 10, 2008
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