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PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
Hi all-
I was just hired to edit and mix my first feature film. I'm thinking about going for the new Macbook Pro in a 15". On my current dinosaur (2006 Macbook Pro 15" / 2ghz Intel Core Duo / 2 GB RAM) I get about 18% CPU system usage for 8 tracks with EQ and Comp on each. Any ideas how much better the new MBPro's would be? Thanks! Max |
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Re: PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
Only benchmarks I've seen so far are Macworld but I'm sure there's others out there by now. Not related to Pro tools performance but it will give you an idea. As the test system they use incrementally changes over the years its harder to judge performance for machines that far back but I think they were 15-30% faster over last years models.
Ignore the comments about 'not being worth the upgrade' - if your on a 2006 model (as I am too), you'll see a huge leap. People who brought last years model don't particularly need the upgrade but just because there is a new model, they feel they must state to the world thats its not worth their while - incremental updates never are mean't for these people! Personally, I'm very tempted by them but might hold out for a new imac when they come along - MBP's are not cheap and for the same money you could get desktop class components and more screen. If portability is key, then I doubt you'll get much better right now |
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Re: PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
The bench marks are showing in the area of a 2x performance leap for the newly released MacBook Pros. With Thunderbolt included too, when this becomes utilised by audio and video companies, there will be no reason to have a desktop with TDM cards.
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Re: PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
True - only issue *might* be that this is the first generation of Thunderbolt (ie. copper), the 2nd generation (which was how Lightpeak was originally pitched) will be optical i think - hopefully the revisions will only be physical internal changes and not software or ports leading to backwards compatibility issues. Other concern with MBP set-ups is heat and noise over desktops with better fans, more airspace etc.
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Re: PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
I've seen benchmarks that indicate that CPU-wise (=RTAS) the Quad 2.0 i5 MBP is roughly on-par with a 2.66 dual-dual MacPro1,1. And that the 2.3GHz build-to-order is similar to the 2.8GHz quad-core (Early 2008) MacPro.
Of course, the internal hard-drive is very slow, you can't stick more than 8GB of RAM without breaking the bank, you have limited expansion and when you push it the fans make a lot of noise and the early production batches can freeze if you push the CPU too much. Oh, and according to Intel, these electrical TB ports will be backwards compatible with the optical cables, because they'll have optoconverters inside the plugs on the cable itself. They might be expensive, though. Oh, to have two TB ports on the next MacPro, and use one for a Magma expansion system, while the other goes 70ft optically to the control room, where one side plugs into the display (and feeds USB to the keyboard). The end of USB extensions, yay! |
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Re: PT Performance on new Quad-Core Macbook Pros
The only i5 is in the 13" - all other MBPs are now i7.
As for the hard drives being slow, 7200RPM drives in MacBook Pros are usually fine, if you want 2 internal drives you can always remove the optical drive. Besides, with Thunderbolt now on them, the speed of external drives will, in theory, be just as fast as internal RAIDs. |
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