Black Macbook Boot speed and stability test 1 (2GB RAM)

[cooler5436]

my macbook has 6G,, ram,, its cool

[oubabyy]

I was debating between a Mac and a PC...my current laptop is 3 GB and it is slow sometimes. Your video got rid of all my worries about "downgrading" my RAM. I'm off to buy my macbook right now! lol

[ilovmc]

its tiger too k black ftw

[noideawhatimdoin]

haha this brings me back to the old days

[ausio309]

@noideawhatimdoin he is running tiger

[fh1mahfanzai]

lol for some reason ur macbook is faster than my imac 2.4 core 2 duo with 4gb of ram... why

[trimoto1]

ya i got the aluminum 2ghz intel core 2 duo mac book and its bitchin,

PS:i love the istats pro widgets

[whoastepback]

wow, this is awesome, i have a pc, with 512 mb ram, YUCK, it's so slow.

i want a macbook so baddd!

[vlaxatron]

Your Lucky My Laptop Only Has 256MB

But Im Getting A 2GB uprgade In July

[solidysnake1]

doing this will crash windows for sure

[901Hodges]

niceeeeeeeee i wish i had a macbook i have an ibook g3 snow

[whygodrums10]

i have a 1.82 mini with 1 gig of ram.... it definately did NOT load the programs as fast as that, but once i had about 10 apps running it did eveyrthing smoothly still

[MacFromTO]

this video just crashed my pc. Thanks alot!!

[mjsmith2k]

Great vid. Thanks.

[brittanyandcady]

Would you tell me if it the Macbook has a slot to put dvd's or games in?

I'm looking to buy one myself.

[fiveightandten]

Yes, it definitely has a slot to put DVD's in. It comes loaded with a superdrive, which reads and burns both CD's and DVD's.

[tipman2000]

these days the sysem does allow 4 gigs of ram and apple can configure that for you. but the older system (this one) can only take 2.

[seeksthetruth7]

Me again, I love my BlackBook lol mines 2.4 so even better .

[donkeyfart123]

i got 2.4, mine must be a monster

[tutuyin]

dude!

[patrickkroell]

how can u show all the apps at 2:20 in that form?

[balasugi]

why don't u just go to Application folder and press Apple+A and Apple+O

[fiveightandten]

balasugi- Because I didn't want to open *all* the apps I have. That would be insane.

[balasugi]

u lose overclock performance if u do that that's bad for the computer

[coombsy16]

i tryed that on my macbook 2.4ghz with 4gb ram an it froze!!!

[xmbxtc]

LMAO the same thing happened to me and i have the same configuration lol

[looseleafpaperfilms]

dude you are so aousome.

you rock!

[warhawkdude87]

i got the 2.4 ghz omg .... my must be 10 times fast.

[tkrocks94]

holy crap!

right now i have a windows xp...let me tell you this is by far the worst computer i have ever used

it takes about 10 minutes to start up, the internet says its connected...but just doesnt work, take FOREVER to open up just about anything,

and if i'm in itunes listening to music and i open up another program then i might as well say good bye to my music.

this is a great video...if only i could afford a mac

[coolerdude44]

u need to learn that xp sucks, and vista rocks.

[vlekkietwinnie]

you need to learn that leopard tocks and vista sucks xp is ok but leopard is better

[coolerdude44]

no xp sucks vista is ok and leopard rocks. xp gives so many errors that when you turn it on, it cant even load the start menu anymore (or so i saw right before i decided to switch to vista) when i switched to vista, i had no problems for 18 months until i got my macbook pro on friday XD

[vlekkietwinnie]

xp ran fine on my old computer but vista with sp1 is good i have it on my imac now everyone will say poor imac but i use it for gaming but i am looking how to do the games to a cider port

[seeksthetruth7]

Vista is fine on newer systems. It's old hardware that has problems with drivers and such. I have xp on macbook as well as OSX and I use OSX whenever possible it's good. I used to be hardcore PC but now I see the good in both sytems.

[julinmorgan]

I agree with you... Nowadays, XP is slow and buggy, while Vista is cool and Leopard is really good.

[coolerdude44]

finally somebody agrees lol

[gtswimmer102]

The other difference is mac OS X is running 64 bit. Vista is 32 bit there is a Vista 64 but it is very buggy. Now if only I could afford a mac!:)

[yggdrasil92]

dang thats fast my laptop take 10 min to startup i can only run like 5 apps

[cruel0fish]

nice vid :) showing the capabilities of the darwin kernel very nice :) vista is nothing compared to this.

[Arley2011]

Imagine 2.4GHz and with 4GB RAM WOOW!!!!!!! cant wait till I get mine in a few weeks but I'm only gonna choose 2GB of RAM because your not gonna use more than 30 programs every time you use your computer so 2GB is pretty cool

[currystubbs123]

thats what i have... usually i would have just stuck with the 2gb but i got an extremly good offer on RAM and got 4gb for only $40 extra. its pretty amazing

[kovu159]

I've got a core 2 quad Dell XPS, with 4 gbs of RAM, running Vista Ultimate, and its gets bogged down by less than this. Macbook is in the mail...now.

[branthony1151]

omg..... it took 25 seconds to load....... it takes my windows vista (home premium or sometin premium) literally 5 minutes to load up and then a couple minutes to like warm up b4 i can actually go on the internet =( im jealous, i want a macbook now

[branthony1151]

lmao, it played everything at once! thats sick

[gj75845]

i would like if you could test the battery time on it please. apple says 5 hours, what does your mac say?

[randitangerang]

thank you for sharing this video :)

[oneskipsseven]

what's the title of the song you played?

[drouk1556]

A Movie Script Ending

The Photo Album

Death Cab for Cutie

[charliechai]

Omg!! Now i'm pretty sure i want a macbook!! man!! that's fast!!!.. i mean.. Holly sh..!! hehehe.. hopefully in december =D yeah!!

[bigcatlm]

i still have to figure out how to get the money :)

[GTRockero]

now i know another reason to get a mac

[iMaxxxxx]

thank you for making this video!!1 very informational!

[dinjin201]

SIMPLY awesome !!! -- this is just the 2.0 Ghz -- cant wait to get my 2.4 Ghz!

[GujuPrnz]

sorry, wrote "Getting" twice.

[GujuPrnz]

Getting getting the black 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM and 250GB of storage space really soon. Cannot wait.

[holako80]

i do not know why i am waiting to get one ;)

[yasnotorious]

can we see how the macbook does with the boot camp appl. i know it's good with pro.

[reck101101]

leopard or tiger vs vista(all versions) whos the winner or the fastest in 2 g of ram? You know it, MAC

[reck101101]

Sh!t, you are crazy! opening all those application and it doesnt bug? Sh!t 2gigabytes of ram right? Compared to my Toshiba Vista also 2gig of ram, just opening preferences personalize directly from the desktop, it takes like a WHILE!!

[DefconComputers]

I've seen alot of Toshiba's come with Vista basic and not Home premium seems those models run slower. Also keep in mind that Toshiba's built in apps for the track pad, power management, DVDRAM hack and other misc tools eat a nice chunk of ram and processing.

[reck101101]

Well, I have Home Premium SP1 already installed in the machine. It been a whole month using this mech and it is like taking forever to right click and choose personalize from the desktop!!

What in the world was thinking microsoft(cant blame bill gates,hes working on his foundation) of installing VISTA on some PCs builted for xP? WTF? Why if its for vista, Toshiba didnt installed another ddr on it, before selling it at price only 69$ of extra compared to the normal? WTF? WTF?

[halogenetor]

ok.. now i want one

[macdead2]

update dude

[missilewarriorz]

i noticed that you use alot of quick cool shortcuts how did you learn all those?

[chimpy72]

Hmm. I don't think you've done this test right. I have a 2.0GHz MacBook with 2GB of Crucial RAM and a 160GB HD. There's no way that Safari, iPhoto and Garageband open that fast. You've already opened them and quitted them before this test. That means the instructions for them are already loaded into the RAM, ready to go if you re-open them - the "Inactive" part in Activity Monitor. You should restart, then try the test again with them opening for the first time.

[Jmanstk]

well thats not really the point of this test now is it? i though the point of it was to show that it could run all of those apps at the same time and not bog down at all

[chimpy72]

Fair enough. I ran my own test where I ran practically all my apps after a restart, and the macbook coped very well. I'm pretty sure I ran even more apps than the guy in this vid.

[basketballchampz]

does it matter if u have apple memory vs crucial memory?

[chimpy72]

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Apple, and I'm a fanboy through-and-through lol - but for the sake of your poor wallet, DO NOT BUY APPLE RAM! They charge exorbitant amounts of money for RAM. The RAM they use is only stuff like Hynix. Buy Crucial - it's cheaper, and is great RAM. Using it atm :D

[reck101101]

You are absoluvely Right!! 100$ to add 1gig of ram. when I go to bestbuy, its like ddr 69.99$!!

[Mcnair2heap]

nice, just bought the white version of this computer!

kudos on playing DCFC

[ilovemyiphone]

where can i get ram 2 1gig ram(cheap) for the black mac book thanks

[Bowlerguy92]

Hey, when are you going to upgrade to Leopard? When you do it would be sweet if you could make the same video only running Leopard

[dudewithcomedy1]

does it matter if u have apple memory vs crucial memory?

[satriaasia]

What's the speed of your harddrive? 5400 or 7200?

[fiveightandten]

satriaasia- It's a 5400RPM drive.

[GL320CDI]

can anybody get the eduacation dicsount?

[PopeJerime]

You have to be a student of a college or a parent of a student of a college, or be a faculty at a school to get the discount.

[Jaebird82]

did you say you weren't running leopard? Could that be it?

[Jaebird82]

how come my brand new macbook 2.4 penryn 2 gb doesn't boot up as fast nor seem to open the programs that fast. Did you tinker around with some settings? Mines boots in about 39

[chaz4510]

That is outragous!!! cant wait to get a macbook

[BOys1926]

I know but there is an education discount. You might as wqell spend the extra 100

[dazziola]

can u show me how fast windows xp boots on parallel to OSX running too?

[fiveightandten]

dazziola- I don't have windows loaded on the machine. I planned on it at first, but after a while, I never saw the need to.

[sapipa177]

I have XP on bootcamp, it works seemlessly except for the fact that I have to remember to have an external mouse, no right button. It boots us as fast as the mac, but I got an 80GB HD since I am planning to getting a 17" pro eventually (I had the 17" powerbook before). I allocated 20GB for XP, leaving 60 for OSX, if you want "full" use of both O/S make sure you have a big HD

[BOys1926]

geting a refurbished macbook makes no sense. you could get a brand new macbook for 999 with the education discount and plus the macbooks just got updated

[fiveightandten]

BOys1926- When I bought my computer it was selling for $1499 from Apple. The base model, at $1099 (not $999 as you're stating), was a 1.83GHz/80GB/1GB. I paid *less* for a computer with a faster processor and almost twice the HD capacity.

What exactly doesn't make sense about that?

[reatard753]

i love how it went along with the beat lol

[kman19941994]

hey.. the new macbook (white one) with 2.2 GHz core 2 duo is that as fast as yours, when it has 1 gig of memory?

[carlheanerd]

No. Shared video ram will bog you down. Upgrade the ram!

[fiveightandten]

kman19941994- It depends on what you mean by "fast". The 2.2GHz will be quicker if you're timing the 2 machines converting audio files or encoding video in iMovie...but a 2.0GHz with 2GB of RAM with be snappier for every day use and handle multiple simultaneous tasks with ease. It will handle big programs better as well. RAM is cheap, and is the easiest way to get the computer to perform its best. 2.2GHz is a faster machine...upgrade that one to 2GB or 4GB, and it'll be faster then mine!

[jtjonboy1717]

slick vid man, have u upgraded the RAM since?

[fiveightandten]

Nope, still running with 2GB. I don't need anymore, it runs great.

[memyi]

HOLY CARP BATMAN!!

That is Soo Cool!

You Just converted me to a mac user =D

im gunna buy a macbook (pro)!!

[carlheanerd]

LOL. Holy C-A-R-P... That's a fish.

[memyi]

Indeed, it is.

[JediMaster6788]

Macbooks rule! They NEVER slow down

[TheFabFoo]

the macbooks are the shit, gettin mine wenesday

[psphacker8]

THAT'S THE TYPE OF POWER I NEED!

[Infanity23]

great video man!

[Bader88]

I have the Black 2.1 Core Duo Its Amazing and nice vid..

[P30P135CH4MP]

Is there any discernible difference in performance between a 1Gb Ram and 2 Gb Ram (question for all MacBook owners)

[JediMaster6788]

Okay I have a question here guys, I am big on Macs but I have ONE question. I have 2GB of RAM in my black macbook. I have heard that 2GB is the highest the macbook can go. I have the 1st generation one. The one that first came out. I hear people saying I can put up to 3GB of RAM but Apple and other people tell me it only supports the max of 2GB

[ivionday]

I think you can go up to 4.

[JediMaster6788]

Alright thanks

[rawdney88]

elite looking , yes....overpriced.....definite­ly

[kokoroxx]

holy HELL. I'd never friggin try that.

[rawdney88]

is the black macbook better than the white. i mean, is white more girlish. and does the black one look cooler.

[kokoroxx]

white might be more girlish. In certain places like in Asia white is more stylish no matter who you are.

[rawdney88]

the black does not have a glossy finish. so when you look at it, it looks dull. the white is glossy and has more of a cleaner/ more expensive look.

[kokoroxx]

True but white gets visible dirt in the crevices easily. I had this problem with my Nintendo DS, and my Samsung P2. It's very difficult to get the dirt out. The Macbook Pro is definitely the most elite looking.

[aznraindeer]

Cool, that's fast. Hey man, I have the late 07 model, if I upgraded my RAM to 4gb, will it boot faster?

[oromasisfire]

i want 3 gb i have only 1 !

anyway i apresiate have a macbook,

sorry for the english

[Perry559]

What was the wiget that you used to moniter the cpu and memory?

[fiveightandten]

Perry559- It's the iStat Pro widget. Available for download from the Apple site, or google it. A new version was just released as well.

[Perry559]

Alright, thanks, great video by the way.

[benjaminwill]

I did the same thing with my 2 GB 2.16 GHz MacBook... With 19 applications running, including Microsoft Office, which uses a bit more memory since it's PowerPC-based. I still had over 600 MB free (and I had Norton antivirus running, too).

[fiveightandten]

benjaminwill- All Macbooks are Intel-based. The iBooks and Powerbooks were the last Apple notebooks to use the PPC chips. Good to hear you're having similar experiences though.

[benjaminwill]

I know that all MacBooks are Intel-based, but the Microsoft Office Suite is PowerPC-based and has to use Rosetta software to work on Intel machines. So Microsoft applications use more RAM than Intel programs (like iWork 08).

[fiveightandten]

ahhhh, gotcha! ;)

[Whitefoxx32]

i so want one saving up atm

=)

[shoeless5678]

wow thahs nice. I want one but I need the money

[Cman272]

yo liking that death cab for cutie "movie script ending" (i think) in the background great song

[azndawg44]

oh...nvm. figured it out ...sry!

[azndawg44]

how many gigabytes was ur macbook? is it a pro? how bout gigahertz?

[wadewade123]

derr its not a pro... and he said the gigs and the ghz... listen

[mizztycal]

Ohh daaammnnn...fast!!!

So gonna get it!

[dapiz987]

great informative video, i find it amazing that it still had that much free ram with all those tasks!

im buying a macbook shortly and have been looking for a video like this to finalize my decision, and now my mind is made up!

thank you for a great video!

[mmaslowski]

A very informative footage of more than ordinary daily MacBook use. Five stars without a doubt. That has enticed me to buy a new one as soon as the Leopard is released. Thanks!

[Freddoman2]

You can actually have 3 gigs of ram in your MacBook. But Apple only support 2 gigs or something like that.

[intelmacs]

thats soooo fast lol im getting one for christmas great vid