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Benchmark Suite for Intel Macs?
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ghporter
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Aug 21, 2006, 10:01 AM
 
I have a MacBook Pro coming in soon and I want to be able to see just how fast it really is. Everything I've read here about benchmarks seems to be aimed at the PowerPC Macs. Is there a decent suite of reliable benchmark tests out for the Intel Macs yet?
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Aug 21, 2006, 05:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter
I have a MacBook Pro coming in soon and I want to be able to see just how fast it really is. Everything I've read here about benchmarks seems to be aimed at the PowerPC Macs. Is there a decent suite of reliable benchmark tests out for the Intel Macs yet?
http://www.xbench.com/ is universal now.
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Aug 21, 2006, 05:32 PM
 
No offense, but xbench is horrible... I don't trust it at all...

Try this: Geek Patrol | Geekbench
     
   
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