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MacBook Pro Fastest Windows Laptop? Not So Fast

Charlie White — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:57:24 EST

"The fastest Windows notebook we tested this year is a Mac," writes PC World about the MacBook Pro after it scored an 88 on its WorldBench 6 Beta 2 benchmark. Only problem is, it looks like that same publication reviewed a Eurocom D900C Phantom-X laptop that achieved a better score on that same benchmark, a 97 (higher number is better). So what gives? Too bad PC World contradicted itself, but the Apple propaganda machine played right along, trumpeting in one of its annoying spots the humiliating results of a MacBook Pro running Windows better than any other laptops. Not quite. Check out PC World's benchmark tables of the two machines, side-by-side:

Don't believe everything you read, especially when it's coming from Cupertino. [PC World (MacBook Pro), and PC World (Eurocom D900C Phantom-X), via Joe's Blog]

Sony Advertises PS3 by Confusing Us

Charlie White — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST

Steampunk meets The Matrix in Sony's crazy spot that reminds me of a bad dream I had last week. The company is trying to somehow illustrate how the processor power of the PS3 can keep you one step ahead, but we're just thinking somebody slipped some kind of special fairy dust into the bong bowl hidden in the back room of Sony's ad agency. We've seen some weird ads, but this one reaches a new level of strange. What a peculiar concept! No wonder Sony's thinking about ditching TBWA/Chiat/Day, its ad agency covering the PS3. But wait. The spot moved me to show it to you, so it must've succeeded on some level. [CrunchGear]

Dell Beginning to Learn How to Sell Laptops with Comely Female Consultants

Charlie White — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:15:00 EDT

If you thought those colorful Dell notebooks we showed you the other day were attractive, check out the models Dell picked out to sashay around with the laptops in Korea. Those gals really know how to stand up straight, don't they? We hear the women showing off the equipment in New York had equally good posture.
[I4U News]