Really, these MB's are great little machines. I like my MB better than my MBP CD. Kinda annoying not having a USB port on the right side but I'll use the BT mouse.
Overall, they are missing a graphics card but Windows boots in VMWare as fast on my MB as my MBP. I have a 4 Gb ram kit on the way from Crucial. Should be in there like swimwear in a few days.
I like smaller notebooks though. I may line up my 15" MBP CD, 12" iBook 1.2 G4, and 13" MB for a nice photo. Definitely a pleased customer with my MB. Battery life is really good too. I was shocked. I bought an extra battery for an upcoming 9 hour flight and now I wonder if I will need since I don't work the entire flight. Should be nice though.
I bought an extra battery for an upcoming 9 hour flight and now I wonder if I will need since I don't work the entire flight. Should be nice though.
ou probably will. Chances are, you'll be using your computer in the terminal while waiting to board and perhaps even while sitting on the plane before take off. The former can easily be an hour worth or use and the former can can be even longer if you are delayed.
You can always search for an outlet in the terminal. They tend to be few and far between and already used up. If you don't want to wait in rotation for a space to open up then I suggest a travel sized power strip. Monster makes a very reasonably priced one. If others are alrady waiting you not only get in there right away but you instantly become everyone's favorite person as if you supplying the coke at a party in Hollywood in the 1980s.
I have 3 total batteries for my MacBook. It unfortunate that the MBA's battery life is so dismal otherwise it would be the perfect for me.
I think that is the all-time record run on this bench. Makes sense - that's 25.6 gHz total processing power. This bench tests CPU only, probably isn't affected by cache or FSB or anything else.
Here's my beast. I haven't upgraded the RAM yet (planning to toss in another 8 GBs) but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with this test, given the results above.
("MacPro3,1") with 8 cores, running at 3.20 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
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Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.337436 seconds at 18,692,484 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.367753 seconds at 18,278,154 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.383481 seconds at 18,070,360 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.389489 seconds at 17,992,224 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.379379 seconds at 18,124,098 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.381275 seconds at 18,099,220 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.437760 seconds at 17,388,160 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.432518 seconds at 17,451,788 factorials per second.
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(null) ("iMac7,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.80 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 6.181379 seconds at 16,177,620 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 6.242776 seconds at 16,018,514 factorials per second.
as expected about the same score as aplnub.
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(null) ("MacBook4,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.337891 seconds at 13,627,894 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.400999 seconds at 13,511,690 factorials per second.
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Need more RAM!!!
Overall, they are missing a graphics card but Windows boots in VMWare as fast on my MB as my MBP. I have a 4 Gb ram kit on the way from Crucial. Should be in there like swimwear in a few days.
I like smaller notebooks though. I may line up my 15" MBP CD, 12" iBook 1.2 G4, and 13" MB for a nice photo. Definitely a pleased customer with my MB. Battery life is really good too. I was shocked. I bought an extra battery for an upcoming 9 hour flight and now I wonder if I will need since I don't work the entire flight. Should be nice though.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 1.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
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Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.971797 seconds at 12,544,223 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.084916 seconds at 12,368,712 factorials per second.
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I feel so slow compared to some people
I bought an extra battery for an upcoming 9 hour flight and now I wonder if I will need since I don't work the entire flight. Should be nice though.
ou probably will. Chances are, you'll be using your computer in the terminal while waiting to board and perhaps even while sitting on the plane before take off. The former can easily be an hour worth or use and the former can can be even longer if you are delayed.
You can always search for an outlet in the terminal. They tend to be few and far between and already used up. If you don't want to wait in rotation for a space to open up then I suggest a travel sized power strip. Monster makes a very reasonably priced one. If others are alrady waiting you not only get in there right away but you instantly become everyone's favorite person as if you supplying the coke at a party in Hollywood in the 1980s.
I have 3 total batteries for my MacBook. It unfortunate that the MBA's battery life is so dismal otherwise it would be the perfect for me.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.327017 seconds at 13,648,119 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.366542 seconds at 13,574,890 factorials per second.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
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Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.957163 seconds at 9,126,450 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.997182 seconds at 9,093,239 factorials per second.
(null) ("MacBookPro4,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
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Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.373708 seconds at 13,561,698 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.663430 seconds at 13,048,987 factorials per second.
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Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
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Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.523008 seconds at 16,414,883 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.528582 seconds at 16,355,026 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.566583 seconds at 15,958,297 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.572128 seconds at 15,902,012 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.594476 seconds at 15,679,132 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.608338 seconds at 15,543,995 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.665912 seconds at 15,006,794 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.718719 seconds at 14,545,717 factorials per second.
Frontside bus: 99.63 mHz
Installed memory: 416.00 MB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 1 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
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Thread # 1: 200,000,000 factorials calculated in 157.891054 seconds at 1,266,696 factorials per second.
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So the mighty G4 does about 3 million factorials/s/GHz as compared to the Xeons 5 million /s/GHz
The dual core does a bit below 3...(at least with two foldings in the background)
Mac mini (Core Duo/Solo) ("Macmini1,1") with 2 cores, running at 1.66 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 1.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
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Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 20.952019 seconds at 4,772,810 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 21.021037 seconds at 4,757,139 factorials per second.
The newest macbook pro at 2.4Ghz.. Didnt see that much of a difference compared to Messiah's MBP.
Or my MB.
The newest macbook pro at 2.4Ghz.. Didnt see that much of a difference compared to Messiah's MBP.
Or my MB.
Have it keep running until the batttery runs out and then tell me you don't see much of a difference.
Have it keep running until the batttery runs out and then tell me you don't see much of a difference.
I am getting over 5.5 horus of use. Sometimes over 6. So it will be later tonight before that happens.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 14.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
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Thread # 8 created.
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Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.349372 seconds at 18,527,138 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.345968 seconds at 18,573,992 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.366682 seconds at 18,292,476 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.338154 seconds at 18,682,452 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.418851 seconds at 17,619,892 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.409163 seconds at 17,741,028 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.369447 seconds at 18,255,544 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.412434 seconds at 17,699,940 factorials per second.
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I think that is the all-time record run on this bench. Makes sense - that's 25.6 gHz total processing power. This bench tests CPU only, probably isn't affected by cache or FSB or anything else.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 9.143883 seconds at 10,936,273 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 9.134340 seconds at 10,947,698 factorials per second.
("MacPro3,1") with 8 cores, running at 3.20 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB
200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.
Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.337436 seconds at 18,692,484 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.367753 seconds at 18,278,154 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.383481 seconds at 18,070,360 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.389489 seconds at 17,992,224 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.379379 seconds at 18,124,098 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.381275 seconds at 18,099,220 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.437760 seconds at 17,388,160 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.432518 seconds at 17,451,788 factorials per second.
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