Old MacBook Pro vs New MacBook Pro

13 May 2010 · 1 min

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A short YouTube demo by Guy Kawasaki comparing boot/speed performance between his old and new MacBook Pro units. He narrates hardware differences (RAM and storage type/size), starts both machines simultaneously, and observes the new MacBook Pro finishing booting markedly faster than the old one.

Questions this video answers

4 gigabytes of RAM.

8 gigabytes of RAM.

A hard disk (HDD).

A 512 gigabyte solid state drive (SSD).

Yes — they were started or restarted at the same time.

Chapters

This is a test of the speed of my new MacBook Pro against my old MacBook Pro. My old MacBook Pro is on the left. My new MacBook Pro is on the right. The one on the left has 4 gigabytes of RAM. The one on the right has 8 gigabytes of RAM. One on the left has a hard disk. The one on the right has a 512 gigabyte solid state drive. They started or restarted at the same time. And the new one is basically done. And the old one is still thinking and thinking and thinking. And I'm gonna run out of things to say. So here we go. Now we're on the desktop and we're gonna open up the window. And now it's done. I guess this makes it worth it.