Apple MacBook Pro (1.83GHz) review

DVD movie battery-drain test
(Longer bars indicate longer battery life)

DVD movie battery-drain test (In hours)

iBook G4-1.33GHz 12-inch (Tested 8/05)

4.4 

iBook G4-1.33GHz 14.1-inch (Tested 8/05)

3.9 

PowerBook G4-1.67GHz 17-inch (Tested 11/05)

3.6 

PowerBook G4-1.5GHz 12-inch (Tested 8/05)

3.1 

PowerBook G4-1.67GHz 15-inch (Tested 8/05)

2.7 

MacBook Pro Core Duo-1.83GHz (Tested 3/06)

2.9 

iTunes multiple MP3 converison test
(Shorter bars indicate faster performance)

New iTunes (in minutes)

MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83GHz-15.4-inch

1.8 

HP Pavilion dv1000t Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

1.9 

Acer TravelMate 8200 Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

2 

Photoshop CS
(Shorter bars indicate faster performance)

Photoshop CS (in minutes)

Acer TravelMate 8200 Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

2.7 

HP Pavilion dv1000t Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

3.19 

MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83GHz-15.4-inch

15.2 

Sorenson Squeeze video encoding
(Shorter bars indicate faster performance)

Sorenson (in minutes)

Acer TravelMate 8200 Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

4.12 

HP Pavilion dv1000t Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

4.13 

MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83GHz-15.4-inch

27.6 

Doom 3
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Doom 3 (frames per second)

Acer TravelMate 8200 Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

33.9 

MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83GHz-15.4-inch

13.8 

HP Pavilion dv1000t Pentium M Core Duo T2500-2GHz

7.8 

System configurations
Acer TravelMate 8200
Windows XP Professional; 2GHz Pentium M-T2500 Core Duo; 2GB PC 4300 DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 512MB (256MB shared); Seagate Momentus 5400.2 120GB 5,400rpm

Apple iBook G4 (1.33GHz, 12-inch)
OS X 10.4.2; PowerPC G4 1.33GHz; 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 32MB; Fujitsu MHV2040AT 40GB 4,200rpm

Apple iBook G4 (1.33GHz, 14-inch)
OS X 10.3.8; PowerPC G4 1.33GHz; 256MB PC2100 266MHz DDR SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 32MB; Fujitsu MHT2060AT 60GB 4,200rpm

Apple MacBook Pro (1.83GHz Core Duo, 15.4-inch)
OS X 10.4.5; Core Duo 1.83GHz; 512MB PC4200 333MHz DDR2 SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 128MB; Fujitsu MHT2060AT 60GB 4,200rpm

Apple PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz, 12-inch)
OS X 10.4.2; PowerPC G4 1.5GHz; 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 64MB; Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 80GB 5,400rpm

Apple PowerBook G4 (1.67GHz, 15-inch)
OS X 10.4.1; PowerPC G4 1.67GHz; 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64MB; Fujitsu MHT2080AH 80GB 5,400rpm

Apple PowerBook G4 (1.67GHz, 17-inch)
OS X 10.4.2; PowerPC G4 1.67GHz; 512MB PC4200 333MHz DDR2 SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB; Seagate Momentus 5400.2 120GB 5,400rpm

HP Pavilion dv1000t
Windows XP Home; 1.5GHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME up to 64MB; Fujitsu MHT2080AT PL 80GB 4m200rpm

Edited by Matthew Elliott
Additional editing by Nick Hide