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iTunes? Quicktime?
Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!

Not.

Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.

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iTunes? Quicktime?  flanga | 10/16/09
Of course it is an ad  mdemuth | 10/16/09
C.O.D. says it all...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 10/16/09
drivers and hardware are tuned for DirectX  Clewin | 10/21/09
Of course it is an ad  beau27 | 10/16/09
re: Typical  Badgered | 10/16/09
I recall Windows having the same issue a few yeas ago.  Intellihence | 10/17/09
I experienced it too  JMGM | 10/18/09
BS  quixel1 | 10/20/09
Got a link to that?  Badgered | 10/23/09
Vista 64 browsing issues  ewyatt | 10/17/09
Vista 64 browsing  justanitguy | 10/19/09
Errm  Ceridan | 10/16/09
I almost can say I had no problems with Vista...  pdickey43@... | 10/16/09
Re: Vista  miker00lz | 10/16/09
XP, W2K, ...  justanitguy | 10/19/09
Old vs New Complainer.  brogers@... | 10/19/09
Vista, 7 and Snow Leopard  Asiafish | 10/19/09
Wow, great redirection their... you should be a politian. (nt)  shadfurman | 10/16/09
Microsoft Fan?  mongo22 | 10/16/09
You forgot to mention.  Intellihence | 10/17/09
Why OSX won't run on a PC  E Fries | 10/17/09
It's called converging technology.  Intellihence | 10/17/09
Don't confuse CAN and MAY  TheWerewolf | 10/17/09
Mac Snobs  E Fries | 10/18/09
That makes no sense  sccaldwell | 10/19/09
You are completely wrong  Jacob2012 | 10/20/09
Ok.. Go you can go ahead and swallow that delusion if you want BUT...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/24/09
Microsoft Zealot, more like it.  vulpine@... | 10/19/09
What?!!  bentedgz | 10/19/09
It's obvious you don't understand how Apple orders parts.  vulpine@... | 10/20/09
itunes NOT 64 bit  optyk | 10/20/09
Wow - shady!  Fark | 10/16/09
true  xicanonaztlanca | 10/16/09
Good point  eMJayy | 10/16/09
Snow Leper...  it1337 | 10/16/09
Just so you know...  James Quinn | 10/16/09
er... benchmark kinda proves it though...  shadfurman | 10/16/09
It's noticably slower.  ye | 10/16/09
Apple on PC  Fark | 10/16/09
Office on a MAC  faxmonkey | 10/16/09
Hey Jimbo. You are right. Without itunes for Windows....  xuniL_z | 10/16/09
The Weather...  Jkirk3279 | 10/16/09
He does go on.....  James Quinn | 10/16/09
Which is exactly what you're doing  UAC nanny screen | 10/19/09
Is this Jim with a new nic? Sure is the same off target logic  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
paranoid, are we?  UAC nanny screen | 10/20/09
Off target and hostile.  xuniL_z | 10/21/09
You give back to others what they give to you  UAC nanny screen | 10/21/09
LOL... grin  UAC nanny screen | 10/22/09
BS Peon Jim  quixel1 | 10/20/09
The whole point....  arminw | 10/16/09
how often does a person boot their computer?  theo_durcan | 10/16/09
No that just means that your boss is an idiot.  Sleeper Service | 10/17/09
idiots  theo_durcan | 10/17/09
every day!  zanzibar@... | 10/17/09
Don't Mind Sleeper, he's Balmer in Disguise!  i2fun@... | 10/17/09
********...  CrashPad | 10/19/09
That WAS true . . .  JLHenry | 10/19/09
Amazing??  quixel1 | 10/20/09
How often does one sleep or boot?  lelandhendrix@... | 10/16/09
It would be faster....  my.subscriptions@... | 10/17/09
OSX not faster in hackintosh  jzone | 10/17/09
The drives were only similar  deowll | 10/16/09
CRY BABY ! Wahhhhh! (NT)  Intellihence | 10/17/09
Not even a good try  Baer | 10/23/09
How many non Apple apps  GuidingLight | 10/16/09
agree  Linux Geek | 10/16/09
I agree  davidrobertsonx | 10/16/09
I Agree...  Ceridan | 10/16/09
Actually, surprisingly...  arminw | 10/16/09
Everybody knows  Crestview | 10/16/09
Yes, both are horrible  DevStar | 10/16/09
Office is Slow on a Mac. NT  faxmonkey | 10/16/09
You mean like Windows 7 and MS Office. (NT)  Intellihence | 10/17/09
deleted  eqpc | 10/16/09
Of Course  Baer | 10/23/09
But is any of it really meaningful?  cornpie | 10/16/09
Yes  DannyO_0x98 | 10/16/09
Apps  ngtwolf | 10/16/09
surely this is just a bit meaningless  googlewatcher | 10/18/09
Is meaningful  theo_durcan | 10/16/09
Windows 7 sucked at batterylife  Mikael_z | 10/16/09
straight face???  sreesiv | 10/17/09
Quality?  blacksheepxlch | 10/17/09
lame comparison  Linux Geek | 10/16/09
Well, it's impossible..  Fark | 10/16/09
But you could....  cornpie | 10/16/09
You could build a PC that's CLOSE, but not quite the same ...  de-void | 10/16/09
depends  Linux Geek | 10/16/09
Good question but I wonder if any major ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
If I'm not mistaken...  storm14k | 10/16/09
Impossible you say?  madco | 10/16/09
Hmmm....  Fark | 10/16/09
Hmmm..sorry  bio_java | 10/16/09
Why not leave Linux out?  Tiggster | 10/16/09
Can it run the games  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/09
MS Office will run on Linux - do your research  deaf_e_kate | 10/16/09
If you play with Wine  Drakaran | 10/16/09
Sure, with an additional layer of ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
Nexuiz  Tynach | 10/16/09
They'll call it biased.  storm14k | 10/16/09
Games, games, games!!!!  MSFTWorshipper | 10/16/09
and?  pcguy777 | 10/16/09
lame whine in return  HypnoToad72 | 10/16/09
Re: lame whine in return  JoeZiehmer | 10/16/09
Apple fanboy alert  Linux Geek | 10/16/09
OMG - YOU called someone else a Fanboy? (NT)  babyboomer57 | 10/17/09
wow something is about to start  xicanonaztlanca | 10/16/09
Yes  jdbukis@... | 10/16/09
Driver Obsession?  cornpie | 10/16/09
good points but  xicanonaztlanca | 10/16/09
Drivers  Drakaran | 10/16/09
However...  cornpie | 10/16/09
Hard drives are hard drives ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
Are you freakin' kidding me?  de-void | 10/16/09
So let's see...  rapson | 10/16/09
It is funny.....  James Quinn | 10/17/09
"If you've got money to burn..."  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 10/16/09
Did he modify bootloader to get full 64 bit kexts?  HollywoodDog | 10/16/09
DID the genius figure out QUICKTIME AND ITUNES ARE APPLE PRODUCT  harry674 | 10/16/09
where does ZDNET AND PCWORLD FIND THESE  harry674 | 10/16/09
At least...  RocketEater | 10/16/09
Ouch! happy -(nt)  GuidingLight | 10/16/09
And Call of Duty And Cinebench  frgough | 10/16/09
Well it's clear...  DevStar | 10/16/09
Firefox  theo_durcan | 10/17/09
The difference is  GuidingLight | 10/16/09
I've always suspected as much.  mustangj36@... | 10/19/09
They SOOO affect boot time, shutdown time, and battery life.....  stevey_d | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  nothingness | 10/16/09
He ran both operating systems on bare metal  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
had no idea  nothingness | 10/16/09
Banished Quicktime  Mythos7 | 10/16/09
Gaming benchmarks  WoW > Work | 10/16/09
yeah, there are  Linux Geek | 10/16/09
Microsoft is in an excellent position to ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
Re: Gaming benchmarks  GovOfOne | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  plambert22@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  whoflungdung | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  seaczar | 10/16/09
wow, you guys/gals are funny  vachi | 10/16/09
Using an emulated game is a joke right?  Davinchy23 | 10/16/09
The challenge is finding a broad mix ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
I'll bite  Richard Flude | 10/16/09
Benchmarks look about same, but answers wrong questions  HollywoodDog | 10/16/09
Knock It Off  gamahucheur | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  andrebrait | 10/16/09
In the Third World, consumers would still ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
developed countries no different  nothingness | 10/16/09
Battery life benchmark fail  ericesque | 10/16/09
Not at all sureprised that the Apple-branded ...  mwagner@... | 10/16/09
Increase Performance in software=Increase Efficency  mathcreative | 10/16/09
Great point but why don't they just combine...  RobinSS1 | 10/16/09
you can  ThinkFairer | 10/19/09
I'm surprised Photoshop benchmarks are completely absent.  ye | 10/16/09
Maybe for once....  pdickey43@... | 10/16/09
In fairness...  UsernameRequired | 10/18/09
Can't use Photoshop to compare yet  Paul4 | 10/19/09
So how about running Snow Kitty & Windows7 on a Dell, HP, etc., laptop...  IT_Guy_z | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  sreesiv | 10/16/09
Win on Mac  WoW > Work | 10/16/09
What you fail to understand is...  UsernameRequired | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Naryan | 10/16/09
True benchmark performance: reliability, usability and security.  CPPDEV | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  icboulder | 10/16/09
BAH  Crestview | 10/16/09
A "vintage 2008 MacBook" is not a "unibody"  mpjazzthang@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  stiphy | 10/16/09
I'd Expect Mac to Run Well on Mac Hardware  Boulder_Bum | 10/16/09
Sentimental Fanboys.... LISTEN !!!!  sreesiv | 10/16/09
the stampede begins  john_gillespie@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  kd5jos | 10/16/09
Since you emphasized it....  pdickey43@... | 10/16/09
One little clarification and you decide...  pdickey43@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  lawryll@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  swcook6 | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  ckl_88 | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Willtur | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Green.cx | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  cymru999 | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Green.cx | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Green.cx | 10/16/09
Now take the test one step further  otaddy | 10/16/09
Really Mr. Andrew J. Nusca ............  Twibble | 10/16/09
Two different tests  odcchaz | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  roger that | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  stenman@... | 10/16/09
Master Joe Says...  MasterJoe | 10/16/09
total cost of ownership  nate12680 | 10/16/09
Don't let facts get in the way of your opinion  Lunatic59 | 10/16/09
Think about what you just said.  lilsim89 | 10/17/09
How again did you do this?  James Quinn | 10/17/09
You do go on....and on. I'm surprised you didn't...  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
WMP video playback?  iceykola | 10/16/09
Why different hard disks?  aktazdevil | 10/16/09
amazingly bad  Turd Furgeson | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  mikroland | 10/16/09
LMAO  Z1000 | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard  tim@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  bkwood@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  SpectreWriter | 10/16/09
Apple BIOS somehow involved in these results?  8string | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  gamescoper | 10/16/09
5,400rpm drives in a performance test?!?  DanielB | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  ericksoncc | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  prophetz@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  shoobah | 10/16/09
FAIL and SUCCESS  faxmonkey | 10/16/09
What's the point of better battery life?  NonZealot | 10/16/09
Nice Graph for 3D Graphics (NT)  x21x | 10/16/09
As expected.  CobraA1 | 10/16/09
********!  Lithius | 10/16/09
very bad test!  dptcreations@... | 10/16/09
Hard Drives from different manufactures read/write/have different seek time  bolscher@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  sg60@... | 10/16/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  djrraz@... | 10/16/09
Cable News  robertmro | 10/16/09
"Mano a mano"  8007342 | 10/16/09
Come on ZDNet,do a real test!  qunungnauraq | 10/16/09
qunungnauraq I noticed no one responded to your post  johnpall@... | 10/18/09
Yea,they usually don't  qunungnauraq | 10/18/09
iTunes not a 64-bit app on Snow Leopard  c45207 | 10/16/09
Please take this stupid stuff away from your headlines list.  sreesiv | 10/16/09
Look at all the whiney Microsoft fanboys.  Intellihence | 10/17/09
Really? I just wonder why  John Zern | 10/18/09
use both,and..  qunungnauraq | 10/18/09
They should have used 3rd party apps only. (NT)  Intellihence | 10/20/09
I'd go for that  qunungnauraq | 10/20/09
2 more benchmarks  theo_durcan | 10/17/09
Headline: Apple apps ran better on Apple OS  BillDem | 10/17/09
Bumble beeds on Black and White hardware  sreesiv | 10/17/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  sakhan100 | 10/17/09
This is all interesting, but...irrelevant.  richdave | 10/17/09
If no money to burn  dogbreath1 | 10/17/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  jzone | 10/17/09
Eh?  UsernameRequired | 10/18/09
But... iTunes on Windows need DirectX!!!  guptasameer@... | 10/17/09
Re: Drive performance  jragosta | 10/18/09
Very funny... this is a joke right?  futuredesigner.todd@... | 10/18/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  Oldarney | 10/18/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  michael leopard | 10/18/09
Completely BOGUS comparison.  mustangj36@... | 10/18/09
Yea,that would be awesome,and...  qunungnauraq | 10/18/09
Weak Test  matthew@... | 10/18/09
Unprofessional  2trinannie | 10/18/09
Paid by MS ad department...  Christian_<>< | 10/18/09
Did you even read the article? It is clearly biased AGAINST Microsoft.  Dealing | 10/18/09
based on hardware  ThinkFairer | 10/18/09
drivers key to results--32bit or 64bit OS? what about SLI benchmarks?  daniel.pereznet | 10/18/09
It is on a mac...  hab41993@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  c-veld | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  c-veld | 10/19/09
I'd like to see a benchmark  unclefixer@... | 10/19/09
While I agree in part, but  JM1981 | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  tom@... | 10/19/09
High quality, but expensive and antiquated hardware  Earthling2 | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  lordorwell@... | 10/19/09
@lordorwell: Exceptions are why...  ExCorpGuy | 10/23/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  lordorwell@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  lordorwell@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  lordorwell@... | 10/19/09
Not an apples to apples test  jgpeters | 10/20/09
Apples to Dells?  Earthling2 | 10/20/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  linuxman79 | 10/20/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  amb7247@... | 10/22/09
Mother of all tests  qunungnauraq | 10/22/09
I already know which operating system will win.  qunungnauraq | 10/22/09
Slow boot  Baer | 10/23/09
RE: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown  davidalexand | 10/25/09

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