Not only was the new entry-level MacBook Pro faster than the model it replaces, but it was also faster than the previous “better” and “best” configurations in the 15-inch lineup, which used 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo processors, respectively. Macworld Lab testing by James Galbraith, Chris Holt, Lynn La, and Meghann Myers. We ripped a DVD chapter to the hard drive and opened a 500 page Word document in Pages ’09. We ran WorldBench 6 multitasking test on a Parallels VM. We converted 90 minutes of AAC audio files to MP3 using iTunes’ High Quality setting. In iMovie, we imported a camera archive and exported it to iTunes for Mobile Devices setting. We used Compressor to encode a MOV file to the application’s H.264 for video podcast setting.We timed the import and thumbnail/preview creation time for 150 photos. We recorded how long it took to render a scene with mulitprocessors in CinemaBench. Photoshop’s memory was set to 70 percent and History was set to Minimum. The Photoshop Suite test is a set of 14 scripted tasks using a 50MB file. All systems were tested with 10.6.3 and 4GB RAM. Reference systems in italics.Ĭall of Duty score is in frames per second.

HEVC, H.Benchmarks: 15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz Core i5īest results in bold. Panorama, Night Mode, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 4, Photographic Styles, Burst Mode, Photo Geotaggingġx2.8 GHz Kryo 475 Prime & 1x2.2 GHz Kryo 475 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 475 SilverĢx3.22 GHz Avalanche + 4xX.X GHz BlizzardĪAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3), Dolby Atmos and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+) Night Mode, Portrait, Pro Mode,Time-Lapse, AR Stickers,

USB Tethering, USB on-the-go, USB ChargingĪccelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Ambient Light Sensorīarometer, Three‑axis Gyro, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor Super Retina XDR Display, HDR Display, True Tone, Wide Color (P3), Haptic Touch, 1200 Nits Max Brightness (HDR), Support for Display of Multiple Languages and Characters Simultaneously

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