[X4U] Negligible speed bumps...

[Neil]

On Mar 4, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2009, at 4:29 PM, zapcat wrote:
>
>> Although Apple is touting the performance of its new iMac and Mac  
>> mini desktops, a new test shows that newer processors from Intel  
>> have had little impact on the computers' true speed.
>> ...
>> I'm no expert but I don't think we've all been waiting this long  
>> for that kind of lackluster improvement.
>
> I don't know anything about the benchmarking program referred to in  
> the article you cited, but I personally will reserve judgement until  
> I see more real-world type benchmarking tests done by Macintouch and  
> Macworld.

Here is the "real-world" type benchmarking tests done by MacWorld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/139267/2009/03/mac_mini_2009.html?lsrc=rss_main

The new Mini is actually SLOWER than the old one at iTunes 7.7 MP3  
encoding although it creams the old one in the Quake 4 frame rate.   
The 3D result isn't surprising given the new Nvidea graphics.   
Macworld didn't comment on the MP3 test.