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In Reply to: RE: It's hard to nail down exactly why... posted by AbeCollins on August 02, 2012 at 12:01:44

This what I was trying to get at in my post too.

I don't think you are every going to be able to draw general conclusions about OSX and Windows by taking a machine designed and optimized specifically with one in mind (Air/Pro & OSX in this case), and then making it run the other OS.

I really doubt a W7 laptop that has great battery life would do as well running OSX as it does with W7 either.

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RE: It's hard to nail down exactly why... - AbeCollins 16:17:16 08/02/12 (2)
The fact remains that modern Apple products are based on Intel architecture, just like PC's. In fact, there was an article about a year ago that had Windows 7 running faster on a MacBook Pro laptop vs a comparably priced and equipped PC laptop. So I don't think the architecture is all that different.

What is puzzling is the huge disparity in battery life running Windows vs Mac OS X on the Mac laptops. Yes, it would be interesting to load Mac OS X on a PC creating a 'Hackintosh' and see how battery life compares to Windows on the same PC hardware.

There are several methods of creating a 'Hackintosh', but many are not as straight forward as they appear but certainly doable. A couple months ago Maximum PC (magazine) did an article highlighting a few methods.
- Create A Hackintoch PC (Open in New Window)
- RE: It's hard to nail down exactly why... - telackey 20:48:07 08/02/12 (1)
  While I agree it could be interesting, actually reversing the test is not precisely what I was trying to get at. What I meant is that this specific scenario (MacBook running W7) does not provide sufficient evidence to draw general conclusions about OSX and W7.
  
  Engadet noticed their MacBook Pro's battery life was better when running OSX than W7. What does that tell you about the overall architecture of OSX and W7?
  
  Almost nothing.
  
  It may even be less than nothing if it leads you to jump to conclusions.
  - RE: It's hard to nail down exactly why... - AbeCollins 09:03:32 08/03/12 (0)
    Well yes, it's just one data point and one observation. That is, the Mac laptops run longer with Mac OS X vs Windows before depleting the battery.
    
    And it maybe a stretch but I raised the idea that it is possible that Mac OS X consumes less resources just running itself vs Windows. And this observation is inline with my other observation about UNIX/Linux in general. And that is, UNIX/Linux seems to run better on slower older hardware vs. Windows. In fact, many older PC's that run slow under Windows are often re-purposed as Linux boxes and run just fine. Go figure.
Thanks! - JeffH 16:13:26 08/02/12 (0)
I thought is was fairly obvious, from tech sites that have covered the same subject.

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