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Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?
rgraham writes "The Register has a great opening line in a recent article, "Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market." GearLog ran the same tests that were run by PC Magazine with the Mac coming out on top."
Why did it had to be Microsoft confirming that Steve Jobs was correct that the Intel Mac was a lot faster than the PPC Mac?
Am I the only one who feels a little dirty reading about encoding windows media on windows xp running on apple hardware? It just feels so wrong.
Minimum memory configuration on a MacBook Pro is 512MB and 1GB for the 2.0GHz model.
Dude, its because the Apple has speed holes
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." - H.L. Mencken
Then get a better job and/or stop drinking a case of mountain dew every day...
Hm. I was thinking of the year-long wait too, but only because Photoshop takes frickin' ages to open...
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No, nobody has ever noticed how vendors charge more for parts that you could buy separately by yourself. Thanks for letting us know. Seriously.
Well, creating .asf or .wmv files would make anyone want to shower repeatedly.
.asf/.wmv support groups* to start popping up.
I'm just waiting for the
And please mods, realize that suggesting a support group for a file format is indeed a joke.
I don't get it.
In a news story released earlier today it was noted that 2.16GHz notebooks are indeed faster than 2.0GHz notebooks. Citing aspects of their construction such as "This one appears to have the bigger number," and "I guess they used a faster chip in that one," critics rained high praise upon the faster equipment. It is currently unclear whether the testing method employed will encourage more individuals and business to drop what they're doing and purchase their own faster laptops from this rebel manufacturer, or if they will demand that their current supplies "get them some of those faster ones."
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I'll admit I had to look up the exact definition and correct spelling of synergistically (save us from the psuedo-intellectual bullshit words oh jebus) but the rest of it seemed pretty clear.
Overall a perfectly cromulent post.
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