[Ti] The Benchmarks

[Chris Rock]

Umm I think you meant Intel, not Microsoft, Centrino is Intel, Microsoft 
is just the OS.

- Rock

Michael Bigley wrote:

>> Right now, according to these few bench marks, the low-end Centrino 
>> at 1.3
>> Ghz was keeping up with and beating the pro-line Apple 1.33 Ghz 17"on 
>> cpu
>> related tasks.
>>
>> Make of it what you will, but I would think that most pro-line users are
>> also performance oriented and they expect pro models to perform 
>> better than
>> low-end entry level doorstop machines.
>
>
> This is only important if you still believe that Apple has to beat 
> Microsoft to be successful; which, history shows, is crap.
>
> To add to Flipper's point, I am only interested in benchmarks 
> comparing Apples to Apples; the rest is just ego. My Ti500 performs 
> very well and I would really be interested in how newer boxen relate 
> to it. It would really be nice to see comparisons of new computers, 
> with fresh OS installs, optimized drives. If these tests are done each 
> time a new model is released THEN you have some valuable comparatives.
>
> To test Photoshop across platforms is like putting a ford at Indy and 
> a chevy at Kentucky speedway at different times of day, in different 
> weather conditions, with drivers of different skill levels, driving 
> each car a lap and calling it a comparative benchmark of performance. 
> Marketing guys for the winning car would use the stats, but nobody 
> else would.