Macbook Pro 5,2 (2009) 17" after 8gb ram install Intel Core 2 Duo testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: 2048 x 4 GB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 320GB ST9320421ASG, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549), Kernel: 10.8.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.12.0.901 (1.12.1 RC 1), OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.7 + Xcode 3.2.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 2012-04-03 16:59: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: 2048 x 4 GB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 320GB ST9320421ASG, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549), Kernel: 10.8.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.12.0.901 (1.12.1 RC 1), OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.7 + Xcode 3.2.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 17.22 |================================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 17.28 |================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 184.69 |================================= 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 179.45 |================================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 225174.07 |============================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 219677.59 |============================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 178159.08 |============================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 177414.98 |============================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 358213.30 |============================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 359605.71 |============================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 3361.52 |================================ 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 3387.27 |================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 127 |=================================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 131 |==================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 4893 |=================================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 4893 |=================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 3313.19 |================================ 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 3309.68 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 3211.03 |================================ 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 3219.55 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 3553.81 |================================ 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 3550.60 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 3627.74 |================================ 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 3629.04 |================================ Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Macbook Pro 5,2 - second-test-batch . 52.67 |================================== 2012-04-03 16:59 .................... 52.67 |==================================