A couple of years ago I was rendering a small HD video on my Macbook Pro. Out of curiosity I tried it on a MDD sporting dual 1.33 mhz processors with 2 mb cache 2gb RAM and a large SATA hard drive. Under OSX it's was faster than any Powerbook ever made. The MBP and MDD ran the same OS and software. On the old MBP it took just under 2 hours but on the G4 it took over 48 hours. I'll bet my currant MBP would do it under an hour. I likely still have the file in my backup. Maybe I'll try it on the new quad core MBP my friend got last week. See if her's will do it in under half an hour.
I'd be saddened if Apple dropped the Mac Pro but wouldn't be surprised. I likely know more than a hundred people with MBPs but maybe 2 with Mac Pros and those aren't new ones -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
