Will my MBP always be this fast!?

[thefoo]

I have the 2.4ghz machine, it is indeed very fast.

I did however notice that although the OS remains as quick as day #1, the browsers will slow based on plugins like Flash and Flashgot.

At least Adobe Lightroom is really, really quick working with EOS350D RAW files. Woo!

 

[KumaChan]

Oh ...OK...glad to know that!
Thought that this new Leopard will come hand in hand with a new hardware upgrade for the MBP to keep them all current...at least I can get to feel fasssst a bit while more. Thanks
...phew

 

[Compile 'em all]

is that hard drives tend to get slower the more you fill them up. My powerbook with 1 gig ram and an 80 gig drive became much more useable after I went from about 4 gigs free to 40.

Interesting, What is the technical reason behind such a speed boost? The thing is, I have about 4 gegs free on my G4 powerbook and always thought that that should be enough free space for 10.4 to operate efficiently.

 

[yetanotherdave]

Interesting, What is the technical reason behind such a speed boost? The thing is, I have about 4 gegs free on my G4 powerbook and always thought that that should be enough free space for 10.4 to operate efficiently.

Because a small amount of free disk space means you only have a small space for the page file. I've seen mine use up to 10gigs.
Rule of thumb, try and keep 10% of your disk free.

 

[dmw007]

this is what I'm getting...

it should last me a while.

Good, and yes it should last you for quite a while to come.

I'm looking at buying either the 2.2 or 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, but only with 2 GB of RAM at the moment. How good is the 128MB 8600-GT? Would I be better off purchasing the 15.4" with the 256MB 8600-GT?

Thanks in advance

So far the 128MB 8600GT has proved to be great for gaming. I have not had much time to play games lately, but the few that I have were smooth as butter.

Check out www.barefeats.com for some comparison between the two models gaming performance. They show a few extra fps when the MacBook Pro has the faster CPU and extra VRAM- so you have to ask yourself if 2-5 extra fps are worth $500?