About MacTech Labs

For well over two decades, MacTech Magazine has set the standard for real-world analysis of the technical Macintosh community. Creating unbiased testing methodologies together with defining what matters most to users have been the cornerstone of MacTech Labs.

MacTech Labs offers a credible and well-respected third-party evaluation of products. The expert practitioners at MacTech Labs draw upon their vast experience and expertise to craft test plans with the same care and attention to real-world relevance as found in the pages of MacTech Magazine.

While there are a variety of examples of MacTech's real world analysis articles, the below articles give a good representation of the types of projects MacTech Labs typically does:

• The most comprehensive Mac virtualization benchmarking articles to date: Head-to-Head: How do VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac compare? which MacTech made available online, on iPad, and in print. Prior virtualization benchmarks include: Head-to-Head: Parallels Desktop for Mac 6 vs. VMware Fusion 3.1, Head-to-Head: Parallels Desktop for Mac 5 vs. VMware Fusion 3, How do VMware Fusion 2 and Parallels Desktop for Mac 4.0 stack up? and How do Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop 3, and VMware Fusion 1.0 stack up?


• The most comprehensive Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac benchmarks to date: How well does Office for Mac 2011 run compared to Office 2008 and 2004? which MacTech made available online, and in print. Prior Office benchmarks include How does the new Office 2008 compared to Office 2004?, and Office 2004 Benchmarks on Intel-based Macs.


• Other very public examples include Laptop Hard Drive Speed: 4200, 5400, 7200 RPMs ... does it really matter? which examines what kinds of users should be using the faster drives, and the trade offs for both choices.


• And, Lasso & PHP: A Closer Look at Two OS X Scripting Languages focuses on the differences between these two scripting languages: one commercial and one open source.

For more information on MacTech Labs, white papers, and other research, contact us at:

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and we'll be happy to discuss options and together examine opportunities with you.