AnandTech: Mac Section

Apple's New Penryn MacBook Pro: Dissected

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Today Apple introduced its first MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks based on Intel's 45nm mobile Penryn CPU. Of course we took ours apart.

February 26, 2008, 18 comments

The MacBook Air: Thoroughly Reviewed

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We've taken the past couple of weeks to thoroughly review the MacBook Air. Curious about how Apple's latest notebook really measures up? Read on and don't worry, we kept the Air puns to a minimum.

February 13, 2008, 39 comments

The Truth about MacBook Air Battery Life

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Confused about how long the MacBook Air's battery actually lasts? As you'd expect, it really depends on what you're doing. We created some tests to help set expectations.

February 7, 2008, 50 comments

The Other Office: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Review

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The latest Office has shipped, brining an Intel-native version of the popular Mac Office suite to the market. What's new in Office 2008? We take a look.

February 5, 2008, 13 comments

Inside Apple's MacBook Air

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We just got our MacBook Air and wasted no time, we've already taken it apart and answered a couple of questions before moving on to the review itself. It looks like battery and hard drive replacement won't be a problem at all.

February 4, 2008, 11 comments

The MacBook Air CPU Mystery: More Details Revealed

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It turns out that the CPU in the MacBook Air is a little more custom than we thought. It's not a Low Voltage Merom, it's not a standard voltage Merom, it's something entirely different and we think we know why.

January 17, 2008, 41 comments

Apple's MacBook Air: Uncovering Intel's Custom CPU for Apple

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The MacBook Air just got announced and hidden in the announcement was a revelation of exactly how far Intel would go for Apple. The CPU inside the MacBook Air isn't exactly off the shelf and the closest thing to it wasn't supposed to be out until the end of 2008. Find out exactly what's in Apple's thinnest notebook to date.

January 15, 2008, 54 comments

Apple TV - Part 2: Apple Enters the Digital Home

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Last week we showed you what made Apple TV tick, now we find out how well Apple did with its first digital media extender.

March 26, 2007, 46 comments

Apple TV - Part 1: Unboxed and Dissected

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Apple's first TV entry has finally started shipping. Before our final review, take a look at what powers the Apple TV. Here's a hint: it's more than just Intel.

March 22, 2007, 37 comments

Apple's Mac Pro - Upgrading CPUs, Memory & Running XP

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In our final part of our Mac Pro coverage we look at its upgradability and performance under Windows XP.

September 12, 2006, 63 comments

Apple's Mac Pro - A True PowerMac Successor

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Tempted by the new Mac Pro? Read on and find out why you'll want to replace your PowerMac G5.

August 16, 2006, 93 comments

Apple's Mac Pro: A Discussion of Specifications

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We're still a couple of weeks away from our review of the new Mac Pro, but for those of you ordering systems today you will not want to miss our discussion.

August 9, 2006, 33 comments

Apple's MacBook Pro: Using it as a Mac and a PC

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We take Apple's MacBook Pro for a spin and compare against the PowerBook G4 in OS X as well as its PC competitors in Windows XP. We also look at the two options for running Windows XP on the MacBook Pro and tell you how they perform.

April 13, 2006, 48 comments

Apple Makes the Switch: iMac G5 vs. iMac Core Duo

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Seven months ago, Apple announced that they would be adopting Intel processors, thanks to superior performance per watt. With Intel based Mac hardware now, we are finally able to evaluate that decision.

January 30, 2006, 38 comments

No More Apple Mysteries, Part Two

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What happens if we install Linux on both Apple’s G5 platform and the x86 platform? Can Linux solve the server performance problems that we had discovered in our first article? More benchmarks and answers to follow as we further demystify the Apple Platform.

September 1, 2005, 48 comments