
Usually is pretty complicated to compere systems with different OS. Windows and Mac's rate their numbers differently? How do the two compare (again, all other things beingĬan one really just compare the numbers or does If I consider the 2.0 GHz MacBook Pro,Ī lists the Mac's RAM at 667 MHz. I have 512 MB of RAM on my Dell (DDR2 SDRAM at 400 Running the same program (all things being equal)?Ģ. How do the two processors compare if they would be The Pentium 4 is pretty goot in rendering and in single-process jobs, but the Core is usually much better in most tasks. Plus you'll get 2 cores and shorter pipelines. (My PC isĪ Dell Dimension 4700 with an Intel Pentium 4Ĭentrino's core is much more efficient then the Pentium 4. The MacBook Pro I'm looking at is 2.0 GHz. My PC's processor speed is rated at 2.8 GHz, and

"MC373LL/A") you can find out your processor (M 620 with 2.66GHz for the example).1. "Macbook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)" and your order number (e.g. Hardware UUID: 598781DD-929A-1337-F00D-EF19A1B625F8Īn alternative to using the System Profiler is Mactracker, an application containing a database of all Mac models made so far. Output looks something like this: Hardware Overview:

If you're only interested in your CPU and model, enter system_profiler SPHardwareDataType You need to enter system_profiler at a command prompt in Terminal.app.

System_profiler is the command-line equivalent (or System Profiler.app might be the GUI application to this CLI program). Reinstall Mac OS X (or try to use Pacifist to restore System Profiler.app from your Mac OS X DVD). If it's not there, someone with administrator access to your machine messed up your system. You can get there by pressing Cmd-Shift-U in Finder. System Profiler.app (or System Information.app in newer versions of OS X) is located in /Applications/Utilities/.
