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How-to: Quit unnecessary system processes

December 10th, 2007 by MacFixIt

More frequently than one might assume, application processes under Mac OS X stick around longer than they're welcome. Even though you've ostensibly quit an application (it no longer appears in the Dock or is turned off via a preference pane), its core or periphery processes may still be lingering and consuming system resources unnecessarily. The benefit in speed brought about by ending these processes can be dramatic, especially on systems with less RAM.

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Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4GHz)

October 26th, 2007 by Dan Ackerman

Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro gets a solid under-the-hood upgrade for better performance and longer battery life, allowing the MacBook Pro to put enough distance between itself and the lower-end MacBook to justify its higher price.

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Adobe Photoshop CS3

May 29th, 2007 by Lori Grunin

With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities, and better performance, Adobe Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.

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Apple iMac (20-inch, 2.4GHz)

August 15th, 2007 by Rich Brown

With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple's new iMac competes with the PC desktop market better than perhaps any previous Mac to date.

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Adobe Illustrator CS3

May 18th, 2007 by Lori Grunin

Though it remains an excellent vector drawing tool, there's not a lot in Adobe Illustrator CS3 to compel CS2 users to upgrade.

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Apple Aperture 1.5

April 30th, 2007 by Lori Grunin

This raw work-flow application isn't the Holy Grail many hoped it would be, but Apple Aperture 1.5 could make life easier for photographers who need to cull, retouch, and output large numbers of photographs quickly and efficiently.

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Test labs: Windows virtual machine performance on the Mac

August 20th, 2007 by Daniel A. Begun

With all the different options around for running Windows applications on Intel Macs, we wanted to see how they compare against each other in the labs.

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Apple Mac Pro

August 8th, 2006 by Rich Brown

Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, especially for 3D design, but otherwise, the Mac Pro is as solid a professional-class PC as we've seen.

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Apple MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz, 17-inch)

January 25th, 2007 by Dan Ackerman

Apple's Core 2 Duo 17-inch MacBook Pro is especially thin and light for a desktop replacement, making it an attractive choice for multimedia users on the go.

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Apple Mac Mini Core Duo

March 27th, 2006 by Troy Dreier

Apple packs more media-specific features into the Mac Mini to make an inexpensive and useful entertainment-room computer. It's tremendously easy to use, although it surprised us with poor image processing.

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