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MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo versus Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz

MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - MA611LL
Released October 2006

Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz- M8840LL/A
Released January, 2003

Specifications info
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz

Initial price difference
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - $2,799
Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz - $1,999

Current price difference
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - $2794
Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz - $1,099

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Performance
The Performance the MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo is ....

Processor Single - 164% faster (a)
Processor Multiple - 166% faster (a)
Copy (many files) - 21% slower
Copy (Single large file) - 3% faster
QuickTime Encode - 68% faster
iMovie Render - 90% faster
iDVD Import - 77% faster
Photoshop Filters (Dual Tuned) - 12% faster (d)
Photoshop Filters (Single) - 4% slower (d)

(a) The processor and graphics scores above are based on CineBench 9.5 (email us to request the actual point scores for these machines)
(d) These applications do not yet run native on the Intel processor

A note on performance. Because of the time difference between when we tested these two machines, some of the scores above are estimates based on adjusted, original data.

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MacBook Pro - 17-inch 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - MA611LL - Originally $2,799

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