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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:16 pm
Post subject: Macbook slower than Mini?
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Any ideas why my brand new Macbook, 2.0 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, plays Rise of
Nations slower than my mother-in-law's 1.66 Ghz Mac Mini? Her
computer has 1 Gig RAM too, but in all other respects should be
slower, or certainly no faster, right? Yet RON freezes during big
battles on the Macbook, while playing flawlessly on the Mini. What's
the deal?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Macbook slower than Mini? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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writes:
> Any ideas why my brand new Macbook, 2.0 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, plays Rise of
> Nations slower than my mother-in-law's 1.66 Ghz Mac Mini? Her
> computer has 1 Gig RAM too, but in all other respects should be
> slower, or certainly no faster, right? Yet RON freezes during big
> battles on the Macbook, while playing flawlessly on the Mini. What's
> the deal?
> --Duffy Tweedy
Well, I can immediately think of a couple one possibility:
How are your energy saver settings on the laptop? This can cause
slowdowns, particularly if you favor battery life over performance.
The good news is that you can set this differently for AC power and
for battery.
Graphics hardware and disk drive options appear to be the same (unless
you went for the big, 4200rpm disk on the Macbook), as do the memory
specs. There are, however, usually a few minor performance differences
as laptops tend to be optimized for energy savings a bit more than for
raw performance.
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Thomas A. Russ, USC/Information Sciences Institute |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:30 pm
Post subject: Re: Macbook slower than Mini? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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wrote:
> Any ideas why my brand new Macbook, 2.0 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, plays Rise of
> Nations slower than my mother-in-law's 1.66 Ghz Mac Mini? Her
> computer has 1 Gig RAM too, but in all other respects should be
> slower, or certainly no faster, right? Yet RON freezes during big
> battles on the Macbook, while playing flawlessly on the Mini. What's
> the deal?
> --Duffy Tweedy
Maybe because on your Intel Mac RON has to run under Rosetta, which
(IIUC) is a sort of emulator that allows PPC code to work on an Intel
processor. Is there not a Universal binary version of RON?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:31 pm
Post subject: Re: Macbook slower than Mini? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Jul 10, 10:17 am, Kit wrote:
> In article ,
>
> wrote:
> > Any ideas why my brand new Macbook, 2.0 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, plays Rise of
> > Nations slower than my mother-in-law's 1.66 Ghz Mac Mini? Her
> > computer has 1 Gig RAM too, but in all other respects should be
> > slower, or certainly no faster, right? Yet RON freezes during big
> > battles on the Macbook, while playing flawlessly on the Mini. What's
> > the deal?
> > --Duffy Tweedy
>
> Maybe because on your Intel Mac RON has to run under Rosetta, which
> (IIUC) is a sort of emulator that allows PPC code to work on an Intel
> processor. Is there not a Universal binary version of RON?
>
> Kit
That's what I casually put it down to, until I remembered that the
Mini is Intel also. Intel Core Duo. Versus the MB which is Intel
Core 2 Duo, which is supposed to be inherently faster due to its
architecture, not to mention that the latter has a much higher clock
speed. That's when I got puzzled.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:28 am
Post subject: Re: Macbook slower than Mini? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Jul 10, 9:57 am, t....RemoveThis@sevak.isi.edu (Thomas A. Russ) wrote:
> writes:
> > Any ideas why my brand newMacbook, 2.0 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, plays Rise of
> > Nationsslowerthanmy mother-in-law's 1.66 Ghz MacMini? Her
> > computer has 1 Gig RAM too, but in all other respects should be
> >slower, or certainly no faster, right? Yet RON freezes during big
> > battles on theMacbook, while playing flawlessly on theMini. What's
> > the deal?
> > --Duffy Tweedy
>
> Well, I can immediately think of a couple one possibility:
>
> How are your energy saver settings on the laptop? This can cause
> slowdowns, particularly if you favor battery life over performance.
> The good news is that you can set this differently for AC power and
> for battery.
>
> Graphics hardware and disk drive options appear to be the same (unless
> you went for the big, 4200rpm disk on theMacbook), as do the memory
> specs. There are, however, usually a few minor performance differences
> as laptops tend to be optimized for energy savings a bit morethanfor
> raw performance.
>
> --
> Thomas A. Russ, USC/Information Sciences Institute
Hey, thanks for the tip! I changed the power saving setting (for when
it's on AC power) to performance, and that did the trick. Case
closed.
--Duffy Tweedy >> Stay informed about: Macbook slower than Mini? |
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