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[Antony]

We all know Windows XP can be successfully booted on an Intel-based Mac, but how fast can Windows run on a real Mac (Core Duo)?

Gearlog has the report. They tested on 3 top models of Core Duo Macs (a 20" iMac (2.0 GHz Core Duo), a MacBook Pro (2.16 GHz Core Duo), and a Mac mini (1.66 GHz Core Duo)), and the result is stunning.

Without a doubt, the fastest Mac (MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz) was the winning... but to our surprise, it's even faster than Windows installed on PC Core Duo laptops.

The conclusion: Apple made the fastest Windows laptop!

Looking for a new computer to run Windows?


(News from The Daily Mac)

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[DJGM]

[Don_HH2K]

Where are you getting a faster benchmark from? There's a common task shared between those two benchmark readouts -- "Windows Media Encode"; they apparently don't give any detail as to exactly what they're encoding, so there's no way to judge whether they're doing high-framerate hi-res content, or something else. The MacBook finishes the job in 8:07, while the fastest of the XP-benchmarked finished the same job in 7:37 -- thirty seconds less.

If you're only going by the speed ratings (2GHz on the Acer versus 2.16GHz on the MacBook), there's a lot more to it then that.

Another off-putting point is that Apple most likely isn't going to publish Windows drivers for their hardware, which means, in short, no acceleration. This is a drawback for applications like Adobe Premiere and games like Doom 3, all of which use Direct3D coupled with the system video card to accelerate video. Occasionally you'll see an application that uses hardware-accelerated sound (DirectSound) as well.

(Ironically to note, the compared Polywell box, a high performance desktop, finished the job in 7:47, while the Asus TravelMate 8204WLMi! finished in ten seconds less and is a laptop!)

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[Pu7o]

Actually, I think the only drivers that nobody got to work on a n Intel Mac running XP (yet) were the ATI Radeon X1600 drivers, iSight Camera drivers, and Bluetooth. (Yes, if I'm not mistaken the Mac Mini's GMA950 does work!)

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Henceforth, you shall be known as... Darth Extremist.

[Antony]

Gearlog is part of Ziff Davis, and Ziff Davis owns PCMAG.com, they were comparing with their own sources.

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