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2.8GHz Macbook Pro Benchmarks, Improvements Across the Board

Macworld has put a custom configured 2.8GHz Macbook Pro through their standard suite of benchmark tests. The results are impressive with performance and speed gains across the board.
The machine they tested was a custom configured 15″ Macbook Pro with a 2.8GHz processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 320GB 7,200-rpm hard drive, with a price-tag [...]

New Macbook Air Shows Slight Speed Improvements, Comparatively

When comparing the new Macbook Air to the rest of Apple’s notebook line, some improvements when compared to the previous generation Air can be found in terms of speed and performance, however the machine still lags behind the rest of the notebook line overall.

The Macbook Air that Macworld tested was a standard configuration, 1.86Ghz Intel [...]

SSD vs. HDD, 15-inch Unibody Macbook Pro Benchmarks

Barefeats.com posts benchmark results when comparing the performance of a brand new 2.8Ghz 15″ Macbook Pro, while using different hard drives. The benchmarks reflect the computer with the built-to-order hard disk drive, and a third-party solid state drive which they installed themselves.
The benchmarks test the performance of the same 15″ unibody Macbook Pro, both with [...]

Early Macbook and Macbook Pro Benchmarks Come In

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.

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