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More Browser Benchmark Test Results (OS X and WinXP under VM and VPC - including Google Chrome)
After yesterday's post, I received a lot of reader mails with their benchmark results with a wide range of browsers (Mac and PC) running under OS X (with nightly Apple Webkit builds that significantly boosted scores) and Windows XP. Included are some Google Chrome (beta) results running Win XP native (bootcamp) and also running WinXP/Chrome under VirtualPC 7 (PPC mac), VMware Fusion and Parallels (although under Parallels, Chrome results varied a LOT, including some insanely high scores (over 10,000) that were clearly not accurate). See the page here of Google V8 Browser Benchmark results. (Updated again Saturday for more on inconsistent/widely varying times/scores with Chrome under Parallels 3.0 (5608 build) from a Mac Pro owner.)

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The $40 Hitachi rebate on the 7K320 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Notebook drive is slated to end on Wednesday, September 10th. ($127.99 after $40 Hitachi Rebate.) Orders placed by 7PM on Wednesday are eligible for this rebate on up to 5 of the drive ($200 total) per customer/household/location. The nice thing too is it's an easy rebate to claim - just a COPY of the invoice + the UPC & PN Label that you cut off the hard drive bag. No hoops to hop through, original invoices to worry about, etc. :)
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Xlr8yourmac Reader Specials page also has recently lowered prices (again) on Memory Upgrades and Hard Drives.


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4GB (2x2GB) Mac Pro RAM (667MHz) $84.50

4GB (2x2GB) Kit for Unibody MacBook/Pros $82.50

4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 for 2008 iMacs $43.75

4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300 SODIMMs $42.50

2GB PC2-5300 SODIMM $21.75

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WD 640GB 7200rpm/16MB Cache $69

1TB SATA HDs from $97.50

1.5TB Seagate HD $157.50

EliteAL eSATA/FW800/400/USB 2.0 Case Kit w/SW $75

1TB EliteAL FW/USB 2.0 $175

1TB EliteAL SATA/FW800/400/USB2 $209

LG BR/HD-DVD ROM + DVD Burner $120

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500GB WD Scorpio + USB 2.0 Case Kit $145

320GB/7200RPM/16MB cache SATA $99

200GB/7200RPM/16MB cache SATA $67.50

WD Scorpio IDE 250GB $87.75

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