New 13" MacBook

you are right Sarlacc.. there are some huge differences. Here are a few i have noticed:

-The build quality of the Macbook Pro is easily twice as better than the Macbook

- No lighted keyboard on the macbook , and the keys on the macbook are flat.. Really strange. Trackpad seems to be the same though.

- Bevel around edge on Macbook pretty thick... didnt think i would notice but it is noticable.

- Resolution higher of course, but not by that much.. the macbook is pretty capable. I cant do 1028 anymore, but can deal with 1280 just fine.

- Macbook runs way way cooler.. like a notebook does. I supposively have a newer macbook pro which the heat issue has been fixed, i cant imagine how bad it was before, but the macbook pro is hot.. like you cant put it on your lap hot.

- Graphics are horrible on the Macbook.. big time. Everyting feels very slow compared. Shared memory sucks.

Mini DVI plug.. dont know how i feel about that.. your pretty much screwed if you dont bring an adapter with the macbook.. and its not included in the box.

Tied to firewire 400.. no other option to bring stuff in.

Macbook is noticably smaller in size, but is the same weight, or very close to it.

Havnt put FCP on the macbook yet, but i suspect for all but Motion it should perform well. I have 2gb ram in my macbook pro and only 512 in the macbook so i should wait till i get more in the macbook before i make any conclussions. I would imagine the speed should be about the same.
 
Te reason everything i so slow is because of the 512mb of ram. That'sbarely enough to allow OSX to be fully functional. Why Apple makes that their standard, I have no clue, but I just received notice that my machine with 1 gig of ram just shipped so I'll post my impressions when I get it. Just out of curiosity, did you pick up the 1.83 or the 2ghz? You may have mentioned it befre but may have missed it.
 
Because I didn't buy until BootCamp (the day it came out ;)), I apparently got a later revision MBP. That said, there are a couple of interesting posts here and there describing that the heat problem can largely be attributed to gobs of cheap thermal paste. Guys have taken the thing apart and replaced the paste with good Arctic Silver 5, and reported it runs really cool, albeit with the fan running more frequently. I've been toying with the idea of doing this myself so as to eliminate the toasted nuts syndrome. :)
 
Honestly, I'm just getting mine to write with, not for the field. I did get 1gig of memory. Hope that helps for some applications. May hold off on FCS for now anyway.
 
Looking forward to the "FCP 5.1 on the Macbook" review Jared, I'm interested to see how well it runs. I've heard everything from "You are crazy!" to "You are not crazy!" but so far nobody has any personal experience with it.

Can we convince you to pull the RAM from your Macbook Pro and try right away? :)
 
Check this out...Over on the macrumors.com forums one of the guy sjust said that on a mac mini dual 1.6 core duo with one gig of ram he could run everything flawlessly EXCEPT for Motion 2 which was a bit slow. Considering the macbook is basically like a mini with a more powerful processor I think that pretty much gives us our answer right there.
 
I'd be psyched to see how it works too... Got a shoot deep in the woods coming up and need to do some basic field editing. I'd love to spend the money I'd save from a MBP on audio...
 
That was a cool video thanks for posting that.
It couldn't be easier.
It will be of interest to many of us how FCP runs on this baby.

Kind regards
THE HONEST LIAR
 
Any Luck Jarred?

I literally have my wallet out, but really want to know if FCP installs and is usable on the macbook.

Anyone else tried it?


Thanks!
 
Maybe I'll run Sony Vegas on it with Bootcamp/WinXP. :) Seriously, I'm interested just to try Vegas just because everybody gives it such good reviews. System requirements look good too.

FYI, I found out from WriteBrothers that Movie Magic Screenwriter will run with Rosetta, so I'm happy.

I checked the MB out first hand yesterday and I'll tell you the things I like... I like the glossy screen. It's saturated and easy to read and see. The keyboard is perfect for me. And I like that it runs cooler. I dig the flat black, but I feel foolish spending the money for a black one. I just like black.

I'm going to save my big purchase and FCS crossgrade for a new PowerMac when they release.
 
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