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Benchmark Hardware iMac MacBook Pro Rumor

Uncovered Geekbench benchmarks hint at speedy next-gen MacBook Pro, iMac computers

It’s the benchmarks that get you interested in a new architecture. Per MacRumors, a series of Geekbench benchmarks that appear to be from unreleased versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers have surfaced online and serve as compelling evidence of upcoming upgrades from the company. Scores for a MacBook Pro9,1 and an iMac13,2 were […]

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Early Ivy Bridge benchmark tests show ample gains, huge leaps in graphics tasks

Intel’s Ivy Bridge architecture may not be out yet, but some initial tests have been performed and it looks promising. Per AnandTech and Electronista, an unofficial, pre-release benchmarking of Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge architecture has shown an overall speed up, but most of all in graphics. Early testing of a 3.5GHz, quad Core i7-3770K desktop […]

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Core i7-based MacBook Pro boasts speedy SATA benchmarks

In as much as the new Core i7-based MacBook Pro has been described as being toasty, an article over on DIGILLOYD offers benchmarks citing strong SATA write performance on the new model. Per the article, the April 2010 MacBook Pro has top-flight performance on both internal SATA ports via the following benchmarks: DIGLLOYD tracked these […]

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Benchmarks: MBP Core Duo vs. Core 2 Duo

Bare Feat’s resident mad scientist Rob-ART Morgan has conducted benchmarks of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro (2.33) versus the Core Duo MBP (2.16) it replaces. Some of the results may surprise you. Add to this the fact that the MeBook (MeromBook) runs about 40 °F cooler than the Core Duo model and you’ve got a really compelling product.