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1. Comparativa de rendimiento entre el MacBook Core Duo y el MacBook Core 2 Duo : planetamac pingbacked Posted November 13, 2006, 6:01 pm
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3. MacNewbie » Blog Archive » Core 2 Duo MacBooks Released pingbacked Posted November 14, 2006, 6:24 am
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Comments

1. 1 Darrin says:

   Is there any noticable difference in the heat generated by the new MacBook compared with the old one?

   Posted November 13, 2006, 10:43 am
2. 2 Juha Haataja says:

   Thanks for the interesting comparison. Apparently Core 2 is slower in some tasks, but mostly faster. I guess the system could become even faster with 64-bit optimizations (in Leopard perhaps?) and application-specific tuning.

   Having a 64-bit processor in an entry-level notebook is really something. I’m quite ready to replace my four-year old PowerBook G4 with a MacBook – even the display seems superior, I don’t mind glossy.

   The change from PowerPC to Intel seems dramatic – for half the price (four years ago vs. now) you get twice the memory and hard disk and 2-5 times the performance.

   Posted November 13, 2006, 3:42 pm
3. 3 Markus23 says:

   Hi !

   The old MacBook 2Ghz has only 2MB Cache against 4MB Cache in the new one.

   It would be interesting to see the a comparison of the old 1.83Ghz CoreDuo Macbook against the new 1.83Ghz Core2Duo MacBook.

   Because both CPUs only got 2MB Cache, therefore it is possible to see the raw Performance-Gain from CoreDuo to Core2Duo..

   Nevertheless the Core2Duo seems to be an Improvement …

   Posted November 13, 2006, 5:22 pm
4. 4 Thorin says:

   Very informative. Now that you are done with the test unit,

   will you send it to my house? LOL

   Posted November 13, 2006, 5:27 pm
5. 5 Jimmy Lee says:

   Thanx 4 ur scores for the MacBook. I know u have done some benchmark test 4 the iMac Core Duo vs Core 2 Duo. Can you repost the test for iMAc in the same format as this test? I would like to see the additional score for the iMac with 64-bit performance.

   Posted November 13, 2006, 5:39 pm
6. 6 Al says:

   im afraid this is kinda over my head, but i can tell that on most tasks that the core2duo is much better than the core duo, and that the 64 bit, would become very useful when leopard arrives as opposed to running leopard on a 32bit machine

   Posted November 13, 2006, 8:08 pm
7. 7 Jay says:

   I use both a Compaq Presario 1.8mhz with AMD 64bit architecture and the original FP Imac. I cant wait to combine the 2 into the new MacBook with real time switching between OS X and Windoze. Thank you for the updated analysis!

   Posted November 13, 2006, 11:29 pm
8. 8 Kiza says:

   Thanks for the very detailed informations.
   Some of the results are impressive, if we consider that the test unit is the entry-level laptop.
   Some of them are instead a bit weird: i mean the ones where the score is below or near 100 (the baseline – G5 1.6, actually not a very fast machine…)
   This shows that there are still some bottlenecks in the intel architecture that don’t let us enjoy this powerful machines at 100%.
   What’s your opinion? Is it ‘cos of the Altivec missing? or is it just an OS missing optimization, to be soon replaced and improved by leopard?

   thanks again

   Posted November 19, 2006, 9:32 am
9. 9 somedude says:

   Hmm…

   I would like to get the 64-bit version of the MacBook, how do you determine which book is 32 or 64 bit?

   Thanks.

   Posted November 27, 2006, 8:08 pm
10. 10 xeno says:

    really struggling with a direct comparison between the MB and the MB pro. the systems are very similar in some areas that a clean divide is difficult. im considering buying a macbook to replace my aging PC and struggling with deciding how much the 64mb onboard graphics chip is going to hinder performance compared to the pro’s 128mb x1600, any ideas? is it worth the extra money? i do alot of webdesign/publishing/photo editing, but no video or sound editing that might require a dedicated GPU.)

    thanks for any help.

    Posted November 30, 2006, 8:00 pm
11. 11 homp says:

    i have gen 1 macbook anyone know how one can the logic board swapped for a core duo 2 model????

    really want 64bit support —

    Posted December 4, 2006, 1:26 am
12. 12 Nicecool says:

    I’ve same problem with “xeno” I need to decide which one to go with as well~ MacBook or MacBook Pro!

    xeon, so which one did you go with at the end?

    Posted December 26, 2006, 3:12 pm