If they include even a bit of exclusive content, I'll have to buy it, even though I bought all the games individually upon their release. Even with the controversial (and to me, disappointing) ending in 3, this was still the best game series I've ever played (from a storyline and overall perspective point of view). Now as an adult, I think about Mass Effect the same way I thought about LOTR as a kid.
Much faster than stock SSD, better capacity, minimal hit on battery life. It's a great alternative for those planning to purchase the $500 512 GB Apple SSD upgrade.
Just finished three days of repeat testing on the final builds of 10.8.2 and 10.7.5. Good news is that battery life remains restored in Mountain Lion compared to the developer builds.
I have to say I was a bit worried it wouldn't last, given Apple's recent software missteps (i.e., the battery life in the developer builds was restored by disabling critical underlying code, etc). Glad I was wrong!
Pre-release benchmarks didn't lie. The iPhone 5 is dramatically faster than the 4S and even the iPad 3 in some tests.
Of course, this only has value for those looking to stay within the iOS ecosystem. Many current and upcoming Android phones score as high or higher than the 5.
We got some feedback on our last virtualization benchmark. Lots of people wanted to know how Parallels 7 compared to 8 and Fusion 4 to 5. They were also curious about how well the free VirtualBox performs and how they all stack up to Boot Camp.
Short answer: Boot camp is the champ (obviously) and Parallels 8 is second. Fusion is third, but not by much, and VirtualBox is a distant fourth ("you get what you pay for").
As a MacOS virtualizatiion user, I appreciate the value of these comparisons. But the graph coloring is crazy-making.
First each product has its own rainbow color, then everything is blue, then BootCamp changes to VirtualBox's purple, then Parallels8 takes Parallels7's blue and BootCamp takes Parallels8's green?
Please, please, please use consistent mappings of colors-to-products throughout your graphs.
Good point, gojomo. Sorry about that! I used Apple's Numbers app to make the graphs and it doesn't do too well at offering color customization. It's often an all or nothing approach.
Okay guys, here it is! It took weeks of non-stop testing but we finally have the comprehensive look at battery life from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.
This was requested after we performed our earlier tests that focused on Lion to Mountain Lion. The good news is that 10.8.2 seems to bring a HUGE improvement. I just hope whatever changes Apple made survive into the final version.
I hope we were able to answer your requests and comments. Please continue to let me know if you want us to test other scenarios.
