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13" MacBook - video card lacking?
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<blockquote data-quote="jgrover" data-source="post: 319689" data-attributes="member: 26768"><p>So the specs on the 13" MacBook 2.0 Ghz all sound fine... but the video card seems anemic! Even for basic computing... 64meg of shared memory, meaning the video card has to compete with the system for resouces.</p><p></p><p>Now, it doesn't look good on paper, but what's real life experience? Does it handle video, large images, flash animations and all that OK?</p><p></p><p>I am trying to decide if I need to step up to the 15" MacBook Pro to get the Radeon X1600. My current laptop is short on vid performance and it's running a RADEON XPRESS 200M with 128 megs of dedicated memory.</p><p></p><p>But... I like the smaller form factor of the 13" MacBook. I wish they'd bring back the 12" MacBook Pro <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I'd like a mini powerhouse. :tusks: </p><p></p><p>I don't do a lot of gaming, so I am not worried about it from that perspective, but may run XP/Vista and who knows what 10.5 will offer for eye candy. </p><p></p><p>Thanks -</p><p></p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgrover, post: 319689, member: 26768"] So the specs on the 13" MacBook 2.0 Ghz all sound fine... but the video card seems anemic! Even for basic computing... 64meg of shared memory, meaning the video card has to compete with the system for resouces. Now, it doesn't look good on paper, but what's real life experience? Does it handle video, large images, flash animations and all that OK? I am trying to decide if I need to step up to the 15" MacBook Pro to get the Radeon X1600. My current laptop is short on vid performance and it's running a RADEON XPRESS 200M with 128 megs of dedicated memory. But... I like the smaller form factor of the 13" MacBook. I wish they'd bring back the 12" MacBook Pro :D I'd like a mini powerhouse. :tusks: I don't do a lot of gaming, so I am not worried about it from that perspective, but may run XP/Vista and who knows what 10.5 will offer for eye candy. Thanks - Jason [/QUOTE]
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