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<blockquote data-quote="mspin133" data-source="post: 476413" data-attributes="member: 37427"><p>You're right about the differences between the merom and santa rosa core 2 duo architectures being very minute and the 800mhz bus speed won't make a difference bec. the max on the ram is 667 mhz.....and I can overlook that....but I did a little more research on the GMA950, and found out that Apple limits it to 64 mb shared...and its true that its ok for normal use and some light gaming....but that is extremely abysmal; on top of the fact that there is a lack of a dedicated graphics card that even entry level $600-$800 pcs manage to have with at least 128 mb (and even those "dedicated" graphics cards from nvidia or ati are considered "cheap" and "low end")...I would expect that a $1500 dollar machine would have some sort of a decent dedicated graphics card (even my 4 yr old dell has a 64 mb dedicated nvidia card)...which for the same amount i can get a midrange asus with a great graphics card.....so this is the standstill that I am at.....Most of the times I do use just email chat, and word...but occasionly I do play 3D intensive games and would appreciate a decent graphics card....so i am not sure what to do lol...Im not sure if I can justify an extra $500 to get the mac book pro.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mspin133, post: 476413, member: 37427"] You're right about the differences between the merom and santa rosa core 2 duo architectures being very minute and the 800mhz bus speed won't make a difference bec. the max on the ram is 667 mhz.....and I can overlook that....but I did a little more research on the GMA950, and found out that Apple limits it to 64 mb shared...and its true that its ok for normal use and some light gaming....but that is extremely abysmal; on top of the fact that there is a lack of a dedicated graphics card that even entry level $600-$800 pcs manage to have with at least 128 mb (and even those "dedicated" graphics cards from nvidia or ati are considered "cheap" and "low end")...I would expect that a $1500 dollar machine would have some sort of a decent dedicated graphics card (even my 4 yr old dell has a 64 mb dedicated nvidia card)...which for the same amount i can get a midrange asus with a great graphics card.....so this is the standstill that I am at.....Most of the times I do use just email chat, and word...but occasionly I do play 3D intensive games and would appreciate a decent graphics card....so i am not sure what to do lol...Im not sure if I can justify an extra $500 to get the mac book pro..... [/QUOTE]
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