imac - notebook class components?

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SooTyLaD

SooTyLaD

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hi guys,

i've read a few places that the imacs use laptop spec components... is this true?

the way i see it if that is the case, it that a macbook plugged into a nice 22" monitor and maybe a 7200rpm drive is one hell of an all-round player, assuming you dont want to do any 3d stuff, which i dont...

i did ask someone about performance differences a while back in the apple shop, he said the imac will always outperform cuz its a "desktop" - however, if the component statement above is true, then this shouldn't be the case...

your thoughts?
 
I too have head the above, and it's very believable, heat and that lot. I also remember seeing one being taken apart and the writing specifying that it was indeed mostly notebook parts.
 
I believe the main difference between the current MacBooks and the latest iMacs in terms of performance comes mainly from the slightly faster HDD's used in the desktops and the dedicated graphics cards they have.

I would have thought though that the CPU is also a full sized desktop chip being used, certainly that would be the case in the top of the range 24" one with the C2D Extreme.
 
yes it is true, it has a mix of desktop and portable components, but will still out perform the macbook, It has a portable T series core2duo, and sodimm memory, a full desktop spec HD2600 vid card and full 3.5inch 7200rpm HDD western digi but im not sure about the mobo. thats wats in my 20" 2.4ghz iMac abnyway
 
dont spose anyone has a link to a current benchmark? i've seem a few but they are comparing old 2.16MHz versions and the like, would quite like to see how the current 2.2GHz macs stack up against each other for things like photoshop and the like?
 
a full desktop spec HD2600 vid card
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As far as I'm aware that isn't quite the case. It's underclocked and is integrated to the mainboard (albeit in an MXM type module), so it's more of a notebook card than anything.
 
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I've compiled a table of results from Geekbench (as thats what a lot of the mac's are benched using)... and added my current pc to the results for comparison... quite interesting:

The Macbook is the current Santa Rosa variant running a 2.2GHz CPU & 1GB 667MHz RAM.
The iMac is the current 2.4GHz version running a 2.4GHz CPU and 2GB 667MHz RAM
My PC is as per my sig but running all at stock (2.4GHz e6600, 2GB 800MHz RAM)

Overall Performance:
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Macbook: 2908
iMac: 3243
My PC: 2785

Integer Performance:
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Macbook: 2580
iMac: 2862
My PC: 3396

Floating Point Performance:
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Macbook: 3988
iMac: 4485
My PC: 2696

Memory Performance:
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Macbook: 2153
iMac: 2402
My PC: 2107

Stream Performance:
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Macbook: 1789
iMac: 1912
My PC: 2321

some real suprises in there! not least of which the fact that a macbook outperforms my gaming rig!!! (of course my pc would take the macbooks pants down when it comes to gaming but that isn't the target of this comparison...)

this has swayed me a bit back towards getting an iMac... but the results are pretty damn close...
 
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I'm really surprised your PC came out that badly. I'd expected it to demolish both Macs on paper?
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I would have too, I'm gonna run my MBP against my PC when I get home now. :p

MBP should walk all over it, but maybe not so much when I upgrade it at the end of the week. :p
 
I ran geekbench on my MacBook and it came out as 2600 so that figure at least seems to be correct. It wont let me run the 64 bit version though. Someone please point out if I'm being an idiot but I have a Core 2 Duo MacBook. :confused:

Maybe I should get a lemsip and go to bed. *sniffle*
 
theheyes said:
I ran geekbench on my MacBook and it came out as 2600 so that figure at least seems to be correct. It wont let me run the 64 bit version though. Someone please point out if I'm being an idiot but I have a Core 2 Duo MacBook. :confused:

Maybe I should get a lemsip and go to bed. *sniffle*
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afaik, the new macbooks and leopard are 64bit, maybe thats where the difference it?
 
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