I’ve run Xbench a few more times, this time running only CPU tests and while booted in 64 bit and 32 bit (default). My Macbook Pro consistently scores 10-15 points higher in the speed tests while booted in 64 bit.
If you’d like to try it yourself restart your Mac and hold down “6″ and “4″ [...]

For those of you who follow me on occasion, you’ll know that Apple keeps sending me defective Macbook Pros. It started last year and has managed to persevere through 2009 as well. I received a replacement for my Macbook Pro on July 14th and was ecstatic. The new machine is now in it’s 3rd incarnation [...]

I was recently sent a new Macbook Pro (5,3 Late Summer 2009). I was too lazy to reinstall all of my software so I used Apple’s Migration Assistant to transfer all of my files, applications and settings. Seeing as I’ve never done this before I was a bit skeptical that everything would work flawlessly.
Sure enough, [...]

I received my new Macbook Pro 15.4 today so I thought I’d run a simple benchmark test between the new one (version 5,3) and the first generation unibody (version 5,1).
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about. In October 2008, Apple released the new Unibody Macbook Pro 15.4″ – revision 5,1. Last [...]

For those of you that have read some of my previous Macbook Pro Unibody posts, you’ll know that I’ve had some pretty rough luck with all of MBPs. My current Macbook Pro has had video problems since day one. I’ve had my LCD screen replaced and most recently my Logic Board replaced, not to mention [...]