So I am in the market for a new notebook, currently pretty undecided, not too happy with any options.
Anyway, I have been paying close attention to the new macbook release as I want to buy a new notebook for work / play by the end of the month.
So today I have been watching all of the apple blogs etc, and I have to say there is something that I don’t understand – why is everyone so hyped up about the nvidia stuff???
Here is my case:
1. nVidia has a horrable reliability problem lately, not only with it’s graphics chips. I can say from personal experience that their desktop chipsets have been not so good too. Yes, they may be top performers when working, however that is not often the case in my experience. Then there was the whole “defective packaging” debacle hampering nVidia’s last two generations of chips, including the 8600m chips in current gen macbook pro’s as well as desktop gfx chips (two of which I own).
2. The graphics chip “upgrade” that the macbook pro’s will be getting, reported to be a 9600m card, is mearly an iterative update from nVidia, offering little real performance gain. In other words, nothing much to be excited about.
So what gives? I mean I understand that any “update” including only rounding some corners will be received gratefully by mac fanboys (and I may in fact be one, owning an iphone and considering a MBP), but seriously I am disappointed because I wanted perhaps something a bit more innovating rather than than an alternative chipset (and nobody thinks montevenia is bad).
I would like to hear what others think of this. I really don’t mean to be a troll, and I still might buy a MBP, however I want MORE!
