Fastest Vista Laptop? It’s a Mac

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PCWorld put a wide range of laptops through the wringer in 2007, and found the model that ran Microsoftis Windows Vista operating system the fastest was Appleis MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro beat out offerings from Dell, Toshiba, and Alienware.

PCWorldis The Most Notable Notebooks of 2007 report said "The fastest Windows Vista notebook weive tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook weive tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac."

Appleis pro-level laptop beat out the Gateway E-265M by only one point with an overall score of 88 in PCWorldis WorldBench tests. The reports added "The MacBookis score is far more impressive simply because Apple couldnit care less whether you run Windows."

The bottom line: It looks like the best platform for running Mac OS X and Windows is a Mac.

[Thanks to TMO reader photodan for the heads up.]

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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