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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1303512" data-attributes="member: 56379">Here is what I would suggest (hopefully this makes some sort of logical sense).&nbsp; What you need is some sort of objective/quantitative measure of the &quot;speed&quot; of the computers in question...instead of descriptive/subjective terms like &quot;fast&quot;, &quot;slow&quot;, and &quot;average&quot;.What I think you need is a benchmarking program that can be run on both Macintosh &amp; Windows computer platforms.&nbsp; So you can get somewhat comparable performance values.&nbsp; Cinebench 11.5 I think would work:<a href="http://www.maxon.net/?id=1258" target="_blank">MAXON: CINEBENCH</a>Here's an unofficial database of Cinebench 11.5 performance values as well:<a href="http://www.cbscores.com/" target="_blank">Maxon Cinebench 11.5 Score Results</a>If you look thru the database...maybe you can find the two computers you are thinking about (Thinkpad &amp; a newer 15&quot; MBP).&nbsp; What I'm suggesting is...initially figuring out just how big the &quot;performance gap&quot; is between these two computers (2x, 4x, 10x, etc)...so you can get a basic idea of the performance difference.&nbsp; Since if you are able to slow down the cpu on a MBP...you're going to need to know how much to slow it down by.HTH,- Nickp.s.&nbsp; I'm not sure how you are going to go about testing your projects on both computers...but if you do it on a Windows partition on the MBP...here's a CPU &quot;slow down&quot; app. that works in Windows:<a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml</a>Here's another Windows based app. that may help:<a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1303512, member: 56379"] Here is what I would suggest (hopefully this makes some sort of logical sense). What you need is some sort of objective/quantitative measure of the "speed" of the computers in question...instead of descriptive/subjective terms like "fast", "slow", and "average". What I think you need is a benchmarking program that can be run on both Macintosh & Windows computer platforms. So you can get somewhat comparable performance values. Cinebench 11.5 I think would work: [url=http://www.maxon.net/?id=1258]MAXON: CINEBENCH[/url] Here's an unofficial database of Cinebench 11.5 performance values as well: [url=http://www.cbscores.com/]Maxon Cinebench 11.5 Score Results[/url] If you look thru the database...maybe you can find the two computers you are thinking about (Thinkpad & a newer 15" MBP). What I'm suggesting is...initially figuring out just how big the "performance gap" is between these two computers (2x, 4x, 10x, etc)...so you can get a basic idea of the performance difference. Since if you are able to slow down the cpu on a MBP...you're going to need to know how much to slow it down by. HTH, - Nick p.s. I'm not sure how you are going to go about testing your projects on both computers...but if you do it on a Windows partition on the MBP...here's a CPU "slow down" app. that works in Windows: [url]http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml[/url] Here's another Windows based app. that may help: [url]http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU-Tweak/Slow-Down-CPU.shtml[/url] [/QUOTE]

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