Click to viewObviously , the Air is not about speed , and from the poker chip , we can tell its among the slowest mackintosh you may purchase right on now . But we ran some material world bench mark on theMacBook Airagainst an maturate MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it hold up relatively . Predictably , the MacBook Pro surpass its vis-a-vis in the majority of our psychometric test . But the MacBook Air ( 1.6 GHz Intel , 2 GB RAM ) depart toe - to - toe with the MacBook ( 2 GHz Intel , 1 GB RAM ) in many of our tests , falling just short in most . And it even scoop the MacBook and MacBook Pro in one test . Synthetic bench after the jump for you golem .
We have a go at it the MacBook and MacBook Air traded off on central processor fastness and memory , which is why we also fuddle the MacBook Pro in the admixture . And we know that the MacBook and MacBook Pro are n’t the fastest models available . But the information processing system used , as well as the tests , are ones that will be more applicable to the average Mac user .
We run 4 different tests to quantify the speed deviation between the computers . MP3 encryption , video recording conversion , transferring a .Zip single file from a thumbdrive to computer , and register duplication test on the thumbdrive . No other applications were running during the test and the computer was set up for safe carrying into action .
A few notes on testing …
The reckoner :
• The MacBook Air has a 1.6 Gc custom Intel processor , 2 GB 667 megacycle DDR2 RAM , and an 80 GB , 1.8″ , 4200 RPM HDD .
• The MacBook ( a generation former ) has a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo processor , 1 GB 667 megacycle per second DDR2 RAM , and a 120 GB , 2.5″ , 5400 HDD .
• The MacBook Pro ( also a generation erstwhile ) has a 2.2 GHz Intel Core Duo C.P.U. , 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM , and a custom 160 GB , 2.5″ , 5400 RPM , Seagate Momentus HDD .
The trial run :
• For the MP3 Encoding , we used iTunes and Seu Jorge ’s album Cru , which is 46 minutes long . We set up custom import setting , which were 192 kbps VBR , set at high timber .
• The Video Conversion examination was done using a trailer for 300 that was 1:46 in duration and 73 Bachelor of Medicine ( .mov ) . We converted using the exportation choice in Quicktime 7.4 that used the iPhone export preset .
• The Thumbdrive to MacBook filing cabinet transport test was done using an 803 MB .zip filing cabinet and a 2 GB Lexar Lightning Thumbdrive ( 30 Mbit / s read , 21 MB / s write ) .
• The File Duplication exam was done on the Lexar thumbdrive using the same zip file used in the previous test .
And if you ’re curious , here are theXbench resultsfor the MacBook Air . I ’ll let you do the honor of comparing it to your own computer .
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