Apple has a special page dedicated to listing all the apps by category that have been updated to UB. If you plan to replace your old PowerBook with the MacBook Pro, you need to inventory your keep apps to see if they have been converted to Universal Binary. I don't want to under emphasize the importance of Universal Binary (UB) applications on the MacBook Pro. And it held its own against the equally clocked iMac Core Duo and Dual Core G5 Power Mac in CPU tests. The MacBook Pro ROCKS! With the exception of non-UB apps like Photoshop and Halo, it's clearly superior to an equally clocked G4 PowerBook. Includes 2GB of 333MHz DDR memory and Radeon 9700 Mobility GPU with 128MB VRAM.
PowerBook 2.0 - Apple PowerBook G4/1.5GHz with 2.0GHz 7447A upgrade from Daystar Technology. MacBook Solo 2.0 - Apple Intel MacBook Pro with 2.0GHz Core Duo (with one core disabled using C.H.U.D.), 2GB of 667MHz memory and Radeon X1600 Mobility GPU with 256MB VRAM MacBook Pro 2.0 - Apple Intel MacBook Pro with 2.0GHz Core Duo, 2GB of 667MHz memory and Radeon X1600 Mobility GPU with 256MB VRAM IMac Core Duo 2.0 - Apple Intel iMac with 2.0GHz Core Duo, 2GB of 667MHz memory and Radeon 1600 GPU with 128MB VRAM So this is really a "Two Gigahertz Bonanza."ĭual Core G5/2.0 - Apple Dual Core G5/2.0GHz Power Mac, 2GB of 533MHz memory and GeForce 6600LE with 128MB VRAM In addition, we wanted to know how the new MacBook Pro compared to an iMac Core Duo running at the same 2GHz as well as the Dual Core G5 Power Mac running at 2GHz. tools) to see how a 2GHz Intel Core Solo would do against an equally clocked G4. Since the MacBook Pro has two cores, we also tested it with one disabled (using C.H.U.D. But what's really cool is that we got our hands on a PowerBook G4 that has been upgraded to 2GHz courtesy of DayStar! So we compared the performance of the two 2GHz laptops. We finally got our hands on a MacBook Pro. Updated March 15th, 2006, with Photoshop SP actions and Halo results Posted March 7th, 2006, by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist