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<blockquote data-quote="Styx" data-source="post: 1059640" data-attributes="member: 12900"><p>Ok, i see the problem here. You're obsessing way too much over the specs. Your requirements don't really seem that taxing either. What's your idea of extreme multitasking on a 13" laptop? The current C2D MacBook Pro handles mostly every multitasking situation pretty well, so unless you're planning to do heavy video editing in FCP, running 10-20 tabs in safari, using itunes, photoshop simultaneously i don't think even the base 13" MacBook Pro is gonna miss a beat.</p><p></p><p>Yes, its kind of a letdown that they din't update the 13" with core iX processors but that's because of Intel's new licensing policy that doesn't allow use of nVidia chipsets with new Core iX processors. </p><p></p><p>So instead of using i5 with its shitty intel integrated HD graphics that would've been a significant downgrade from previous gen's 9400M, Apple decided to go with a much better 320M graphics chip (upto 2.2x faster than prev gen,) over some 10-20% performance gain in terms of CPU speed.</p><p></p><p>I'd say, the new 13" is still a good upgrade over the previous model in terms of better battery life, much faster GPU, twice the RAM and bigger hard drive. </p><p></p><p>The integrated 320M in the 13" is almost nearing 9600GT performance and is DX11 capable according to this thread on Macrumors:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=897364" target="_blank"><strong>New 13" Graphics results: Pretty impressive, near 9600M GT - Mac Forums</strong></a></p><p></p><p>So 320M is NOT a weak GPU for casual or moderate gaming. It should handle your FIFA requirements pretty well.</p><p></p><p>Coming to the Vaio and Elitebook. They're both nice machines crammed with latest and greatest chips but they're both made of plastic, the design sucks and therefore the average build quality and they're are ugly as sin, atleast to me. The 14" Vaio CANNOT be regarded as a portable machine, that thing weighs over 1 lbs more and is about .60" thicker than the 13" MacBook Pro and its battery life is nothing to write about. Blu-Ray on a 13" notebook which doesn't even have a decent resolution screen is stupid and utter nonsense. </p><p></p><p>But if you're happy with windows they both are still nice options otherwise get the 13" MacBook pro or if you have more cash to splurge get the 15" i5 model. Put a SSD inside and you get the best upgrade in terms of overall performance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I doubt it, hackintosh'ing a notebook with 100% success is extremely complicated, even if the hardware specs are somewhat compatible. I'm yet to see a post on insanelymac that shows a recent notebook running OS X with 100% success. And still OS X on a PC notebook is far, far less elegant and reliable than a real MacBook Pro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Styx, post: 1059640, member: 12900"] Ok, i see the problem here. You're obsessing way too much over the specs. Your requirements don't really seem that taxing either. What's your idea of extreme multitasking on a 13" laptop? The current C2D MacBook Pro handles mostly every multitasking situation pretty well, so unless you're planning to do heavy video editing in FCP, running 10-20 tabs in safari, using itunes, photoshop simultaneously i don't think even the base 13" MacBook Pro is gonna miss a beat. Yes, its kind of a letdown that they din't update the 13" with core iX processors but that's because of Intel's new licensing policy that doesn't allow use of nVidia chipsets with new Core iX processors. So instead of using i5 with its shitty intel integrated HD graphics that would've been a significant downgrade from previous gen's 9400M, Apple decided to go with a much better 320M graphics chip (upto 2.2x faster than prev gen,) over some 10-20% performance gain in terms of CPU speed. I'd say, the new 13" is still a good upgrade over the previous model in terms of better battery life, much faster GPU, twice the RAM and bigger hard drive. The integrated 320M in the 13" is almost nearing 9600GT performance and is DX11 capable according to this thread on Macrumors: [url=http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=897364][B]New 13" Graphics results: Pretty impressive, near 9600M GT - Mac Forums[/B][/url] So 320M is NOT a weak GPU for casual or moderate gaming. It should handle your FIFA requirements pretty well. Coming to the Vaio and Elitebook. They're both nice machines crammed with latest and greatest chips but they're both made of plastic, the design sucks and therefore the average build quality and they're are ugly as sin, atleast to me. The 14" Vaio CANNOT be regarded as a portable machine, that thing weighs over 1 lbs more and is about .60" thicker than the 13" MacBook Pro and its battery life is nothing to write about. Blu-Ray on a 13" notebook which doesn't even have a decent resolution screen is stupid and utter nonsense. But if you're happy with windows they both are still nice options otherwise get the 13" MacBook pro or if you have more cash to splurge get the 15" i5 model. Put a SSD inside and you get the best upgrade in terms of overall performance. I doubt it, hackintosh'ing a notebook with 100% success is extremely complicated, even if the hardware specs are somewhat compatible. I'm yet to see a post on insanelymac that shows a recent notebook running OS X with 100% success. And still OS X on a PC notebook is far, far less elegant and reliable than a real MacBook Pro. [/QUOTE]
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