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MacBook vs MacBook Pro: Hardcore Graphics Death Match

Here they are, the MacBook and MacBook Pro graphics benchmarks you’ve been waiting for. Our basic Mac-only benchmarks used in our dual review were great at showing how close the CPU performance was, but not great at illustrating the disparity between chunky-hunky 9600 GT and the comparatively weak integrated 9400M that we saw firsthand while playing Spore. With a little time, we’ve been able to:
• Install Windows XP and run 3D Mark
• Play a little Crysis—yeah, Crysis
• Get ahold of Adobe CS4 and run some rendering jobs
The conclusion? If you’re a serious gamer or work with graphics of any kind and you need an Apple laptop, you’re gonna want the MacBook Pro. Here are the raw numbers to prove it.

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    Dennis

    Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    Good review. Solid info. to the point. Nice work.
    PS im getting a Macbook anyway – I have an XPS for 3dMark scores!

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    Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 11:54 PM

    I like Linux, use it as the main OS on my Eeepc (dual booting win 7) but this would seem counter productive.

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