We used Compressor to encode a 6minute:26second DV file using the DVD: Fastest Encode 120 minutes – 4:3 setting. We recorded how long it took to render a scene in Cinema4D. Photoshop’s memory was set to 70 percent and History was set to Minimum. The Photoshop Suite test is a set of 14 scripted tasks using a 50MB file. All systems were running Mac OS X 10.4.8 with 2GB of RAM (except where indicated), with processor performance set to Highest in the Energy Saver preference pane when applicable.
Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D XL, iMovie, iTunes, and Zip Archive scores are in minutes:seconds. Speedmark 4.5 scores are relative to those of a 1.25GHz Mac mini, which is assigned a score of 100. Asterisk (*) denotes system tested with optional 7,200-rpm hard drive. In particular, graphics pros who have been hesitant about upgrading to an Intel-based model should note that the latest MacBook Pros handily outperform the fastest-ever G4-based PowerBook when running Adobe Photoshop CS2, even though the application has to run through Apple’s Rosetta code-translation technology.ġ7-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.33GHz (120GB drive)ġ5-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.16GHz (1GB RAM)ġ5-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.33GHz (1GB RAM)ġ5-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo*/2.16GHz (1GB RAM) While the issue is troubling, it doesn’t affect most tasks in general, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is plenty speedy. But the 17-inch model also lagged well behind its smaller sibling in the UnZip Archive test (and slightly behind in the Photoshop CS2 and Unreal Tournament tests). Much of the problem involves a puzzling anomaly with ColorSync profiles in the Labs’ iPhoto test images-the
Labs’ testing, however, produced a surprising result: in some operations the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is slower than the 15-inch model configured with the same CPU and memory. On the whole, the Core 2 Duo chip, with its 4MB of Level 2 cache memory shared between two processing engines, delivers a welcome, though not overwhelming, improvement in performance. Were already included in the original 17-inch model. Apple has a good excuse for not making similar changes to the 17-inch model, though: all the refinements in the latest
Altogether, the makeover is less substantial than the 15-inch MacBook Pros received when they moved up to the Core 2 Duo: the smaller members of the family also got a FireWire 800 port, faster graphics circuitry, and improved SuperDrives.
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