A semi-decent GPU in the MacBook, finally!

I have been complaining about the speed of the GPUs in Macbooks (and mac minis) for some time now. It seems Apple has finally heard our complaints. The new macbooks now finally have a decent GPU. Sure it's not the best thing in town but it sure is 4 times faster than the previous MacBook and ten times faster than the mac mini... which they are still selling today. So finally the buyers of the most popular Apple laptop will be able to experience ChocoFlop (and all other CoreImage apps) in a more pleasant way. If you get one of these, I'd love to hear about your experience. Especially if you had the Intel GMA version before. Here's a little sum up table of 3D Mark06 values I have gathered from around the net. There are a few differences here so it's not the best comparison around but it gives you an idea. Some of the essential points:

• Boy, do intel GMA cards suck. Not that this is news to anyone...
• If you have the previous macbook pro, the update won't give you much more GPU power
• The new entry level MacBook's NVidia 9400M now finally beats my two year old MacBook Pro (Radeon X1600)