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Old 10-09-2010, 10:04 PM
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Default Comparative performance between imac and macbook
I've ot an 2007 iMac 2.33 C2D w/ 4G RAM and a 500GB HD. It covers my performance needs for the most, but i'm wanting to swap to a laptop to make mobile recording a bit less cumbersome.

It seems on Ebay I can sell my iMac for the same price as a 2nd hand newish MacBook (white case version) with specs no less than 2.4 C2D, 4G RAM and 500G HD.

I can't afford to upgrade to a MacBook pro at this stage - just wondering if a MacBook with the afformentioned specs will punch the same as my current iMac - it has got a slightly bigger CPU afterall...
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Old 10-09-2010, 10:19 PM
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The regular Macbooks don't have firewire ports, which means no way to hook up an external firewire drive (as is required) and no way to hook up any firewire interface.
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Old 10-09-2010, 10:49 PM
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Damn - i've seen some Macbooks with FW (they must be older models), i'll have to see what the best specs available to me are
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Old 10-09-2010, 11:03 PM
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I've just confirmed I can get a 2.4C2D Macbook with a FW400 port - just not on the newest models
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Old 10-10-2010, 04:27 PM
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Bump. Does a laptop inherently use more power than a desktop?
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