Yet every thread you go to around here it'll harp on about the ability to add more graphics cards, have the option to add graphics cards. Of all the people on this forum, would you consider yourself the average Apple Macbook or MBP customer? Form Factor is the reason why many of my friends even recognise Apple products let alone. I've been thinking for a while Aesthetics is indeed first for Apple. I bet you they do though, by saying form factor is everything and screwing it up will cost us too much sales. Add one more year of warranty to boot and I dont see how they can justify not even adding a video card. Even the relevant dimensions arent all that different.įor the Macbook, i've been comparing it to the Dell XPS 1330 and there simply is no comparison in terms of price point, features especially now since that laptop is offerred in a 2cm format similar to the Macbook. I think Dell laptops are a good sticking point against Apple since their prices are ridiculously different to Apple yet have much better specs. But the laptop itself is a good price level above most of its compeitition. The 8600GT is indeed fair game for a laptop. It just has to be better than what Apple are offering and it is.Īn X3100 gets a 3DMark06 score of about 500.įor casual gaming, which a lot of Macbook owners would love to be able to do, the 8400GS is a much better deal. Just dropping the spec down so the parts can work in a tight container is not good technical design. If Apple want a reputation as good technical designers then they need to start delivering the goods. When they are charging more money for less of a computer, something is wrong. Yes they aren't as bad as they were but they are still the lowest performing chips of all new chips available today and they still have the compatibility problems they always did.Īnd it's not just being able to do it IMO but Apple should be doing it better to justify charging more. The Macbook was always bad - Intel's integrated graphics chips are just not powerful enough and given how much criticism Apple gave them in the past, it's hypocritical of them to use them now.
#Graphics card for macbook pro pro
I personally don't have many complaints about the Macbook Pro as the 8600M GT seems like a good card but the price difference between it and the competition is ridiculous now. What people are saying is that the graphics cards should not be as low as they are or at least because they are low, Apple shouldn't be charging so much for machines with them. It's not as if people want SLI 8800 GTS inside a 13" Macbook. Yeah but nobody is suggesting unreasonable options.
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Circuit's are getting smaller, batteries are getting better, and the graphics on a computer are one the most important factors. My question is, are people here actually willing to sacrifice the thickness and battery life for the option of better graphics cards? or am I technically talking crap? Everyone is talking about the new 8800GT and GTS but these graphics cards will blow the power consumption of both laptops out of the water.
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a 8400M would presumably add at least 1 cm to the macbook compared to the x3100 and reduce the battery life significantly. Is it even technically possible for Apple to keep the same form factor and battery life that both laptops have. I've thought about this and asked other forums. I notice that alot of people want graphics cards in the macbook and Macbook Pro or at least have the option to add a graphics card. I've been following the threads with some interest for a while.