Mac Book Pro With OS X A few Mac OS X tests from SCALE... Mac Book Pro: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2 GB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120.03 GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.6, Kernel: 10.6.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.4.2-apple56, Display Driver: NVIDIA, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Fedora 14: Processor: Intel Core i7 M 620 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 43494JG, Chipset: Intel Core, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 320GB HITACHI HTS72503, Graphics: NVS 3100M 512MB (606/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585 OS: Fedora 14, Kernel: 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X Server 1.9.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.36, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.36, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Clang 2.8 + llvm 2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Macbook Air: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: MacBook Air, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP89, Memory: 2 x 2 GB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 251 GB APPLE SSD SM256C, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: Mac OS X 10.6.6, Kernel: 10.6.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.4.2-apple56, Display Driver: NVIDIA, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 561.68 |============================================= Fedora 14 .... 706.39 |======================================================== Macbook Air .. 440.58 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 127.25 |================================================== Fedora 14 .... 142.37 |======================================================== Macbook Air .. 87.97 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 765.51 |=============================================== Fedora 14 .... 919.31 |======================================================== Macbook Air .. 617.81 |====================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 341.25 |============================================== Fedora 14 .... 416.18 |======================================================== Macbook Air .. 252.05 |================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 808.61 |================================================== Fedora 14 .... 902.20 |======================================================== Macbook Air .. 480.15 |============================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 847.67 |======================================== Fedora 14 .... 1151.92 |======================================================= Macbook Air .. 764.91 |===================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 5225 |=========================================== Fedora 14 .... 6970 |========================================================== Macbook Air .. 3230 |=========================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Mac Book Pro . 294 |====== Fedora 14 .... 2777 |========================================================== Macbook Air .. 833 |=================