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Flash on Flash: SSD Benchmarked Against SDHC
Tablet PC Review benchmarked the SSD storage format vs SDHC (high capacity SD cards), concluding that SSD substantially outperforms the other flash format. To SDHC's credit, it produced access times that rivaled SSD, but while a class 6, 8 GB SHDC card read at around 18 MB/s and wrote around 14 MB/s, a 128 GB SSD read and wrote at over 90 MB/s. The point? Just a reminder that not all solid state is created equally. [PC Tablet Review via JKK on the Run]
macbook air
First MacBook Air Benchmarks
Obviously, the Air is not about speed, and from the chips, we can tell its among the slowest macs you can buy right now. But we ran some real world benchmarks on the MacBook Air against an aging MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro outperformed its counterparts in the majority of our tests. But the MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Intel, 2 GB RAM) went toe-to-toe with the MacBook (2 GHz Intel, 1 GB RAM) in many of our tests, falling just short in most. And it even bested the MacBook and MacBook Pro in one test. Synthetic benches after the jump for you robots. More »
5:08 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Adrian Covert
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Dream PC: 8-Core Workstation Rocks the Penryns (Verdict: WOW!)
HP is cranking out some smoking workstations these days, and the latest Intel Xeon quad core processors, affectionately known as the Harpertown chips with 45-nanometer Penryn technology inside, take Windows performance to the next level. HP shipped us the fastest workstation they could muster, with a total of eight processor cores, along with a 15,000 RPM SAS (Serial-Attached SCSI) drive on two separate disks, one with Windows XP and the other with Windows Vista, plus a 250GB SATA drive for applications. We opened the box, ran a bunch of benchmarks and our jaws promptly dropped. How much workstation can you get for $8,551? Join us for the smokefest. More »
12:30 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Charlie White
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Vista Benchmarks Say It's Not Really Slower Than XP
One of the main worries people have when considering about upgrading to Windows Vista is performance. Is it worth it to sacrifice a responsiveness for a fancier GUI and more under-the-hood upgrades? According to these benchmarks, if you've got a relatively decent Vista install you actually don't suffer a large performance decrease. More »
peripherals
Twenty-Two Mice Benchmarked: Which Frags Best?
By using a cheap Ikea lamp, a turntable, and random things they found around their house, ESReality turned unscientific reviews of gaming mice into something benchmarkable. Taking 22 different mice and graphing out their performance in terms of response, movement speed, DPI and other factors, they came up with a way to rank which mouse was the best in absolute terms. More »
laptops
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Benchmarks Are In: How Much Faster Are They?
Are the updated Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros really 39% faster than their Core Duo predecessors? MacWorld takes a look to see how much the speed boost and additional L2 cache really helped. More »
pcs
Mac Pro Unboxing Pr0n, Benchmarks
It's been a few days since the unveiling of the Mac Pro and the people have gotten their hands on the units. We are suckers for unboxing pr0n, especially with combined with benchmarks. Laso Panaflex over at the MacRumors forums was one of the first to get his hands on the Mac Pro and took pictures of the unpacking for the entire world to see. Also he ran some benchmarks versus his old Quad G5 Mac. The results: edge goes to the Mac Pro (duh). Hit the link for his full benchmark and the rest of the delicious pr0n. More »
pcs
Dell Precision Workstation 390 Hands-On: Core 2 Extreme-Packing, Speed-Rocking
This morning Intel officially announced its Core 2 Duo processors, and Dell has provided Gizmodo with a blazing fast Dell Precision Workstation 390 just in time for a Day Zero hands-on review. At first glance, the machine doesn't look much different from previous Dell Precision Workstations, but inside is a completely different story. More »
laptops
Heat Battle: Dell Latitude vs. MacBook
This just in: laptops can get pretty damn hot. Brian Krische wanted to know just how hot, so he decided to run a little test. He pitted a 1.83GHz Core Duo MacBook (left) against a 1.83GHz Core Duo Dell Latitude D620 (right). Brian ran The Hills Have Eyes—not the best movie choice, in my opinion—in its entirety on both laptops running off battery power. Throughout the flick he recorded temperature readings of both machines. The general concensus? They are both hot as all hell, but the MacBook is a bit more. At one point a portion of the underside of the MacBook reached a blistering 119.8 degrees. Not very "lap" friendly, if I do say so myself.MacBook vs. Dell Latitude [Via Consumerist]
2:34 PM on Tue Jul 18 2006
By Travis Hudson
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