How does Whitebook compare with Macbook Pro 17"?

I'm considering selling my Whitebook for the new MPB 17" because it has Dual-Link DVI for my 30" 2560x1600 resolution.

How does the WhiteBook and MPB compare?

1) 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed; or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache

vs

Core 2 Duo Intel P9500

2) How does NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor; 512MB of GDDR3 memory compare with my Dual 3870s?

Would it be easy to change the GPU inside the Macbook Pro?

I guess those are my two biggest concerns...

Thanks

 

dual 3870s is easily better than the 9600M GT, the CPU and GPU is not user replaceable

 

it will eat the macbook pro for breakfast

 

Correct, the Macbook's GPU is for sure not replaceable, not sure about CPU. Knowing Apple, even that is probably not replaceable. The dual ATI 3870s would completely destroy the single 9600M GT in the Macbook.

 

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These two are in completely different categories...

 

well I'm sure you can buy many dual dvi cables or adapters with the money you save for buying an OCZ whitebook over an extremely overpriced crap like the macbook pro

 

Yes, the "Poser" tax on the MB pro is quite high...

 

There really is no comparison unless you are looking for a much lighter weight notebook.

9600M GT is much weaker than a single 3870 let alone two of those puppies.

Whitebook is Quad capable and can use just about every CPU out there. MBP, CPU is soldered in as is the GPU on the MBP. Whitebook was made to be user configurable as much as possible.

Like I said, unless you need something lighter (and even then, I'd go with something like a GT725 w/ a 4850....7lb 17" WUXGA/WSXGA+ notebook, user upgradable....$1350-$1650), stick with the Whitebook.

The 1722 chassis (Used for the GX720, GT725) is incredibly light and well built IMHO if weight is an issue.

I actually had a chance to test drive a 17" MBP at the Apple Store in Atlantic City yesterday (all under the guise of taking the woman out to dinner @ Buddikan muahaha), and I gotta say......outside of an ergonomic dream (So light....so VERY light and thin), I wasn't too impressed which was disappointing because I've been drooling over it a tad lately. Screen was decent, but nothing out of the ordinary for standard issue LEDs and couldn't touch the RGB screen on my old M6400. No number pad, and that keyboard doesn't do it for me.

It does what it is supposed to do: Ergonomics first, power second, but it weighs maybe a 1lb less than my daughter's GX720.

It is purdy, though, but you would be paying $3k for ergonomics and legally running OSX.

 

ok the m17 is way more powerful then the mbp if thats what your asking .

gaming
video stuff
encodeing
etc....

get the point?

 

What is alluring about a Mac is the O.S. It's intuitive, works very well, looks good, and integrates well with their other software. Really, that's what a Mac is. They had to ditch their own hardware and are now using pc components so all that's left is the O.S. and some like their looks as well.

Their greatest strength is the O.S. but it's also their greatest fault at least as far as gaming goes. This isn't their fault though. The good folks at Redmond have gone to great lengths and have leveraged their enormous might with gaming software companies so DirectX is a requirement for many games. So to play these games (well) you've got to have Microsoft.

Thats why we haven't seen Mac make any gaming rigs. And you better believe Microsoft will continue to do everything they can to monopolize the O.S. gaming market.

Why do you think Apple goes to such great lengths to keep people from using their software on non-apple computers making a Hackintosh? Because if people could do that legally their laptop sales would tank. You could easily have a laptop that destroyes anything Mac has ever built, and dual boot into Msoft and still have a killer gaming rig.

If Apple could ever get around the DirectX thing , without any kind of emulator, and use top tier gaming components I might consider them as an option.

Apple grips their O.S. as tightly as Msoft grips their DirectX.

 

that's not an issue. Everyone can install linux and make it almost equal to a mac enviremont. you can also install windows on a mac and a mac os on a pc. not a prob.

 

Yup, and the same is true for Vista sp1 and Windows 7(Vista2).

My main point is that neither Linux or OSX are viable for gaming. There are very fex exceptions as the majority of popular games use DirectX. When you use an emulator, or any other program to be able to play said game it totally destroys any semblance of fluid gameplay. It's like apples and oranges (no pun intended.

As far as installing a Mac Os on a pc making a hackintosh............well nothing more can be said about that as it's strictly prohibited to discuss anything along those lines at NBR.