Somebody here will undoubtedly say, "But they could do BOTH, they could focus on future products BUT STILL focus on those of us who don't upgrade every year!" They could, but every resource they focus backward detracts from the forward effort.
The downside of this is that users with older products don't get the support and attention they'd like. One of the great things about Apple is that it's a consistently, intentionally, forward-looking company. Yes, i know that it's a stretch to call the 3100 legacy hardware - but this isn't User-Logic, it's Apple-Logic. Not like Apple to invest in any non-current hardware though.īingo! Apple has never been known to provide software updates directed at boosting legacy hardware performance. I also came across this test which shows that the closeout $900 2.4ghz white macbooks (w/firewire!) hold their own against the new $1600 2.4ghz Unibody Macbooks in almost every aspect except frame rate, which is surprising since the new Macbooks sport a 1ghz FSB and memory: People have installed them in xp via bootcamp and reported good results.ĭoes anyone know if there are any plans to release new drivers for Mac OS X? I'm hoping that they were waiting for the end of this macbook product cycle before releasing them to prevent undercutting sales of the newer MacBooks and MBPs. I've heard that Intel has recently upgraded the xp drivers for this chip and that they are comparable to dedicated GPUs of the MB. However, I've read that Snow Leopard will push the gpus and that the difference between systems with X3100 and Nvidia chips could become more pronounced. I knew that this chip pretty much sucked mop for any fps gaming.
I have no complaints about the GMA X3100 gpu so far. I've been enjoying my 2.4ghz MacBook (Early 2008) for a month now.
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