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New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removed

Gearlog has discovered a weird issue with the latest generation (Late 2008) MacBook Pros – they run like dogs when the battery is removed. To the tune of a 37-percent drop in speed without the battery. Zach Honig benchmarked a 2.53GHz MacBook Pro with Maxon’s Cinebench R10. With a battery the MacBook Pro scored 5,549, [...]

Apple’s 2008 ad budget: $486M

You’ve undoubtedly seen your fair share of Apple television commercials this year, most of them for the iPhone. Well, if you’re wondering what it all costs, we now know the answer. BNet’s Lindsay Blakely got the scoop by reading the fine print in Apple’s 5 November 10-K filing. According to the federal filing Apple’s advertising [...]