When is the 11" Mac Book Air faster than a new Mac Pro?

https://www.divergentmedia.com/blog/fullpost/editreadyperformance/

by mikewoodworth • 12 years ago

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nandreev• 12 years ago

But what's their Weissman score?!

genericuser3• 12 years ago

The article does not answer the question posed in the current title here of "When is the 11" Mac Book Air faster than a new Mac Pro?"

The article never even mentions a mac book air. It is basically just link bait.

yitchelle• 12 years ago

The title is not even close to the HN title.

simcop2387• 12 years ago

It's also posted by what's likely the owner of the company.

From the whois entry

Admin Name: MIKE WOODWORTH Admin Organization: DIVERGENT MEDIA Admin Street: 25 TAYLOR ST Admin City: SAN FRANCISCO Admin State/Province: CA Admin Postal Code: 94102 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.8886320904 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: +1.5555555555 Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: MIKE@DIVERGENTMEDIA.COM

genericuser3• 12 years ago

Man it is almost like he got the title of his article wrong on purpose.

scott_karana• 12 years ago

Maybe the article has changed, but I read this from it:

[Intel] QuickSync, now in its third generation with the Haswell architecture, provides dramatic speed increases for H.264 encoding and decoding (and some flavors of MPEG-2).
This also creates some interesting disparities in performance. The newest Intel Xeon chips, like those used in the powerhouse Mac Pro, don’t support QuickSync. Because Xeons are primarily intended for use in servers, Intel doesn’t deem it necessary. This means that, in some cases, a fast Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, or iMac will outperform even a loaded Mac Pro.

genericuser3• 12 years ago

Indeed it has changed since it was posted here.

bcguy390• 12 years ago

Terrible link bait.

Igglyboo• 12 years ago

The word "air" doesn't even appear in the entire article.

Good clickbait.

When is the 11" Mac Book Air faster than a new Mac Pro?

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