Comments on: Unibody MacBook vs. Macbook Pro: Windows Experience Index and first impressions

By: Tobias Carlen

Tobias Carlen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:36:37 +0000

I run a macbook pro unibody 17″ 2.8 w. 8GB RAM and 160GB X-25m Postville SSD.
I think windows performance is fairly good with a WEI base score of 6.4 with a disk score of 7.4
(Upgrading to the latset graphics drivers improved graphics performance quite a lot and if you use an X-25, don’t forget to flash it with the lastest firmware to avoid slowdown.)

By: devin

devin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:32:38 +0000

@Jafar – this post was a comparison between a late 2008 13″ Unibody MacBook and a non-Unibody 17″ MacBook Pro (the old one). This 17″ MacBook Pro doesn’t even have the 9600 or 9400m video card.

Can you point me to any discussion of Boot Camp’s issues with the late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro video card (9600)? I haven’t heard of anybody having any legitimate problems with their MacBook Pro video cards in Boot Camp. If the MacBook Pro was actually using the 9400m then you wouldn’t be able to play games on it – and people are running games on it just fine

By: Jafar Uddin

Jafar Uddin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:04:41 +0000

Actually you didn’t get your money’s worth. Turns out Windows through boot camp is bugged. In your situation, the Macbook Pro is not actually utilizing the 9600. Instead it’s using the 9400M and that explains why the performance between the two is so similar. I am in the state of choosing which I want; The Macbook or the Pro version. I’m going with the Pro because of it’s MUCH higher quality screen plus it’s got the dedicated graphics card, don’t know when that might come in handy.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:45:50 +0000

I see Windows in Macbook? You are MAD!!!

P.S.
Sorry for my bad english

By: Tim J

Tim J — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:43:20 +0000

Thank you for posting those WEI scores for the unibody Macbook, I’ve been looking for them for quite a while!

I really love Apple’s new unibody Macbook design: small, durable and unrivalled beauty! However, I do a lot of CAD work on programs that aren’t OSX compatible, so running Windows via BootCamp would be my only option. I’d need a score of at least 5.0, so the unibody Macbook cuts it! Plus it saves me the need to spent an extra £400 on a MBP, as I feared that the lack of dedicated graphics in the new MBs would render them less than adequate…