For those doubting the capabilities of the 1.4 ghz base 11" C2D CPU

[firewood]

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if the macbook pro had a equal ssd it would be faster.

Exactly. But it doesn't (* stock version). So it isn't (** For any disk latency bound tasks).

CPU speed is not the same as application performance.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I have the Macbook Air 13 inch Ultimate and it still doesn't play Left 4 Dead fast enough. It is playable but I probably would get kicked out if I was in a team online. Too bad the MPA can't do everything fast.

 

[dal20402]

Disagree- my Dell Mini9 had a 16gb SSD and it was damn slow. Useless POS. Should've just gotten the hard drive model!

That's not a SSD, that's a USB stick without the enclosure.