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primatelabs.ca - 10/17/2008
MacBook and MacBook Pro Performance
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Benchmarks: Primate Labs takes a look at the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros to determine if the faster RAM and the new NVIDIA chipset helps (or hinders) processor performance.
appleinsider.com - 10/18/2008
Due next from Apple: refreshed 20- and 24-inch iMacs
— appleinsider.com — Assuming last minute snags are avoided, the coming weeks should bring new iMacs, rounding out Apple's 2008... hardware introductions as the company enters the holiday shopping season with one of its strongest product portfolios ever. (more) Due next from Apple: refreshed 20- and 24-inch iMacs

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New MacBook Pro: now with 20% less battery power
ryanblock.com - 10/18/2008
New MacBook Pro: now with 20% less battery power
— ryanblock.com — Apple touted some pretty decent battery life numbers at the new MacBook / MacBook Pro press event... this week: up to five hours on the Pro with discrete graphics off, and four hours with it on (both surely assuming ideal low-power conditions). One of ... (more) New MacBook Pro: now with 20% less battery power

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MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review [Review]
gizmodo.com - 10/16/2008
MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review [Review]
— gizmodo.com — Before Tuesday, there was no way a MacBook and a MacBook Pro could appear in a single... review. Too much separated the two systems, from outer appearance (build materials and backlit keyboard) to inner nitty gritty (graphics processors, etc.). To ... (more) MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review [Review]

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Early Macbook and Macbook Pro Benchmarks Come In
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — PrimateLabs has done the job of benchmarking Apple’s new Macbook Pro (Late 2008), and the Macbook (Late 2008) against their predecessors. It should be noted that these early test do not measure GPU performance (graphics capabilities), which based on the new hardware, should see great improvements. PrimateLab’s benchmarks. Gizmodo also put the new machines through some tests. To test out the CPU and GPUs, we put the new MacBook, last ...

The Truth About the Apple Tax [Apple Tax Revealed]
Gizmodo — ... —they're so cheap they essentially negate the Apple tax, and destroy the new ones in performance-to-dollar ratio. The older, discounted black MacBook is also a decent alternative to the new "cheap" MacBook model. ...

Começam a aparecer os primeiros benchmarks comparando os MacBooks de 2008
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — ... Poucos dias depois dos lançamentos da Apple, o blog Primate Labs já apresenta uma comparação de desempenho entre os notebooks mais recentes da empresa de Steve Jobs. Os novos MacBooks são muito bonitos, sim. Mas são realmente melhores? ...

Linkpost | 10.18.2008
TechBlog — ... - Updated processors likely to come in November. • MacBook and MacBook Pro Performance (October 2008) - Surprisingly, performances gains aren't that great . . . except when it comes to graphics. • ...

First Benchmarking and Video Tests of New MacBook Models
HardMac.com — As usual, Primate Labs run a synthetic benchmarking (Geekbench 2) of the previous and new MacBook and MacBook Pro models. As expected the benchmark test, measuring only the processor and memory performance, did not reveal any real difference between the previous and the new models. If DDR3 modules are supposed to offer a widers bandwidth, the slower latency does not make it a faster alternative than the current low latency DDR2 modules. ...

MacBook Pro 2.8GHz Benchmarks
MacBytes.com — Last week when I looked at the performance of Apple’s latest MacBook Pros I didn’t have results for the high-end CTO MacBook Pro (with the 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo processor). Now that I’ve got results for the high-end MacBook Pro I thought I’d revisit MacBook Pro performance to see how the high-end MacBook Pro compares against the last two generations of MacBook Pros. Sure, it’s the fastest laptop Apple’s ever produced, but just how much faster is it? Setup Like ...

Mac Benchmark Charts
MacBytes.com — Welcome to the most recent installment of Primate Labs ‘ Mac Performance chart, a carefully crafted compilation of Mac performance that’s generated from the user-submitted results in the Geekbench Result Browser . Like other updates, this update includes the latest Apple hardware (in this case the MacBook , the MacBook Air , and the MacBook Pro Apple released in November). Unlike other updates, this update doesn’t just present all of the Macs together in one large chart; it also splits the Macs into four different categories making the results ...

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