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...Count on Mac Hardware [Windows Vs Mac] CNET has spent some time testing 64-bit Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, currently the only machine that officially supports both of them natively. Snow Leopard wins in all accounts except...

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...that the Apple OS runs faster. CNet's Dong Ngo took a late-2008 model 15-inch MacBook Pro and used it to compare Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and Windows 7 64-bit RTM (with native drivers from Boot Camp 3.0). The machine was equipped with a...

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...Microsoft in terms of speed, a new test has shown. Both operating systems were tested on a 2008 MacBook Pro machine by CNet, and each was given its own, separate, clean hard drive. The 64-bit version of each OS was included in the test,...

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...thereby saving some CPU cycles. CNET got some hard results by testing a 17-inch MacBook Pro with Leopard and again with Snow Leopard and found that using Snow Leopard would save 10 KWh of energy per year. Sure, that is only around a dollar...

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...impressive computer I've seen in a very long time. The MacBook Air that CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman worked on throughout Road Trip 2008 resting on top of his everyday MacBook Pro. Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News) Of course, it's...

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...The Wall Street Journal got only two hours and 44 minutes. Apple claims eight hours of battery life for its $2,800 17-inch MacBook Pro, but CNET got only four hours and 14 minutes. This stuff is so pervasive that professional reviewers see...

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...Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes. Microsoft server and tools boss Bob Muglia, who was named a divisional president on Monday covered a wide range of topics in a December interview with CNET News. CNET News Daily Podcast Model sues...

In this article: Microsoft, CNET News, Ina Fried, Google, Apple, Phil Schiller, Steve Jobs, and Liskula Cohen

...MacBook Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Air. In typically tight-lipped fashion, the company will only say the fix will "improve the stability" of the computers, which have reported problems, CNET reports. Apple has also released updates for the...

In this article: Apple, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook, CNET, and Digital Trends

...by some 17-inch MacBook Pro users when running Nvidia's discrete graphics cards. Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip...

In this article: Apple, MacBook Pro, CNET News, Owners, Advanced Micro Devices, Research In Motion, Nvidia, and Iphone