[amg99]

I'm interested in seeing how the new Macbooks perform especially in comparison to other existing/new laptops.

here are two benchmarks/reviews I've seen so far.

Primate Labs
http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/...-october-2008/

Cnet
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/appl...CarouselArea.0

[amg99]

Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/5063492/macbook-a...ro-dual-review

Register Hardware
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10...apple_macbook/

[amg99]

Latopmag
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...book-2008.aspx

[amg99]

Some interesting news...

On Mac rumors, People are saying that the new line of macbooks have a more efficient video playback.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/18/...pros-and-airs/

Also 9to5mac is speculating that the new macbooks might not be limited to 4Gb only.
http://9to5mac.com/8GB-MacBook-NVIDIA

[global]

Santa Rosa Macbook Pros could handle 8GB of RAM easily but the question is can the software use it and how much are 4GB SODIMMs these days? Especially DD3 4GB SODIMMS

[amg99]

@global
DDR3 4Gb cost $590 a piece.

PCmag
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2332519,00.asp

Also, CodeSamurai over at mac-forums is doing some game testing with the new macbook.
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/app...08-models.html

[mindless]

Originally Posted by global

Santa Rosa Macbook Pros could handle 8GB of RAM easily but the question is can the software use it and how much are 4GB SODIMMs these days? Especially DD3 4GB SODIMMS

Santa Rosa Macbook pros can't accept more than 4GB of ram.

[amg99]

ars technica
http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...ing-benchmarks

[soloworx]

@amg99:

Thank you for the links you have contributed. We appreciate your enthusiasm in sharing articles about the new MacBook line. In the future however, please consolidate your posts as best as you can so that it will not be misconstrued as 'post-padding'. PhilMUG welcomes you but frowns on this practice.

[amg99]

@soloworx

Welcome!
...and will do... sorry about that, just posting as it comes. will not happen again.