This means that should you trip over the wire, it will separate from the computer instead of bringing the notebook to the floor. One seemingly minor but nonetheless brilliant innovation is the MacBook Pro's MagSafe power adapter, which automatically disconnects from the notebook's side if strain is applied to the cord. By then we're assuming Apple will have worked out most of the kinks. Still, some may want to wait for Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X to be previewed this August, which will include Boot Camp. You'll need to reboot your system when you want to switch operating systems, and Apple does not support Windows or Boot Camp, but simply having this sort of flexibility is a win for potential switchers. If you want to experience these and other apps now at full speed, Apple is offering Boot Camp, a free download that runs Windows XP natively on the MacBook Pro. Microsoft Office is another program that cannot yet run natively on the MacBook Pro. This 49-second delta can be chalked up to the fact that the MacBook Pro requires Rosetta translation technology (which runs automatically and undetected when you start up non-native software) in order to run nonoptimized programs. We performed the same Photoshop filter side-by-side, and the test took 5 minutes and 16 seconds on the MacBook Pro compared with 4 minutes and 27 seconds on the PowerBook. In fact, some apps actually ran slower on this system than on an older PowerBook with 1GB less memory. The catch to buying the MacBook Pro is that some Mac OS programs haven't been optimized to take advantage of Intel's processor. Hopefully, developers will make more titles available for the Mac OS. When we optimized the graphic settings to the highest level, gameplay suffered, becoming somewhat choppy.
We played World of Warcraft, and the MacBook Pro easily outperformed other Apple portables. Thanks to ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics and up to 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory, gaming is finally a very real possibility for Mac users.
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