http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/05/new.macbooks.slower/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/app_080305_booksmartsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Primate Labs has taken a close look at the performance of Apple's lastest MacBook, and claims that the newest base model is slower than the previous generation. A performance comparison via Geekbench -- an application designed to test the speed of computers in various areas -- revealed higher scores for MacBooks released in early 2008 than the latest models offered by Apple. In overall performance... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/05/new.macbooks.slower/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/macbook.air.battery.life/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/airteardown.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The MacBook Air's touted five-hour battery life is an almost acceptable measure of the ultraportable's abilities, while enthusiast site Mac on Air has performed a full take-apart of the laptop. According to tests performed by AnandTech, the MacBook Air is capable of running for four and a quarter hours with normal web browsing, while playing MP3s in the background. The test was conducted by browsi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/macbook.air.battery.life/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/24/new.mac.pro.benchmarks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/app_080124_macprosm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Benchmarks of Apple's new Mac Pro systems -- which began shipping earlier this year -- show how the latest systems stack up against each other as well as the company's older workstations. Overall performance ratings placed the Mac Pro 3.2GHz at the top of the charts in both 64-bit and 32-bit tests. Tests show that the performance difference between Apple's 2.8GHz and 3.2GHz Mac Pros is not as grea... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/24/new.mac.pro.benchmarks/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/10/primate.labs.tests.mac.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/10-macpro-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Primate Labs today released figures regarding performance of the new Mac Pro versus the old eight-core model. The old model is configured with the eight-core Xeon X5365, running at 3GHz, while the newer model features the Xeon W5462 running at 2.8GHz per core. Both machines were tested using Mac OS X 10.5.1, with the new Mac Pro using 2GB of RAM, versus the former that uses 1GB. Primate Labs says ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/10/primate.labs.tests.mac.pro/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:20:00 GMT