Hands-On Reviews & Reports

Reviews, hands-on reports, first impressions and speed tests written from the editors' own machines. 1,036 items, 1997 to 2026.

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Sep 9, 2026First Look--Game Porting Toolkit 4 Beta: Metal 4, Agent Skills, and a Real Frame-Rate Bump for Windows Games on the MacMacs Only!2026
Sep 9, 2026First Look--macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta: The New Siri Is Good at Trivia and Bad at Finding Your FilesMacs Only!2026
Apr 29, 2013EVGA GEFORCE GTX 680 Graphics Card in an Early 2008 Mac Pro--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Aug 14, 2012Hands-On Report: Apple Thunderbolt-FireWire Adapter--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
May 14, 2012Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.7.4 LionBill Fox2010–13
Sep 15, 2011Hands-On Review: 11" MacBook Air (mid-2011) -- How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Aug 23, 2011Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, are the bugs worth the switch?Bill Fox2010–13
Jul 25, 2011Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Jun 24, 2011Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.6.8--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Jun 3, 2011Hands-On Report: Making Internet Sharing work with Snow Leopard 10.6.7Bill Fox2010–13
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Mar 29, 2011Hands-On Review: Sena Cases' UltraSlim for iPad 2 with Smart CoverBill Fox2010–13
Mar 23, 2011Going Even Lighter: Hands-on Review of the iPad 2Bill Fox2010–13
Mar 22, 2011Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.6.7 (and 10.6.6)--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Jan 4, 2011Hands-On Report: Apple Mail 4.4 M$ Exchange Password Rejection--WorkaroundBill Fox2010–13
Dec 28, 2010ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Card in an Early 2008 Mac Pro--How fast is it?Bill Fox2010–13
Nov 15, 2010Hands-On Review: WaterField Laptop SleeveCaseBill Fox2010–13
Nov 13, 2010Hands-On Report: Snow Leopard 10.6.5--How fast is it!Bill Fox2010–13
Nov 1, 2010MacBook Air Lives! My takeBill Fox2010–13
Aug 31, 2010Hands-On Report: Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0--Not much joy hereBill Fox2010–13
Jun 18, 2010Hands-On Review: Battery Life for a 2.4 GHz 13" MacBook Pro (early 2010)Bill Fox2010–13
Jun 7, 2010Hands-On Review: 2.4 GHz 13" MacBook Pro (2010) with 240 GB Solid State DriveBill Fox2010–13
May 6, 2010Hands-On Follow Up: 128GB RunCore Pro IV SSD--120-Day UpdateBill Fox2010–13
Apr 12, 2010Hands-On Review--Apple's iPadBill Fox2010–13
Mar 30, 2010Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.6.3--OpenGL graphics speed increase? Yes!Bill Fox2010–13
Mar 1, 2010Hands-On Review: 128GB RunCore Pro IV SSD--60-Day UpdateBill Fox2010–13
Jan 27, 2010Apple introduced the iPad, my takeBill Fox2010–13
Jan 4, 2010Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.6.2--3D graphics speed increase?Bill Fox2010–13
Sep 11, 2009Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.6.1--Speed increase?Bill Fox2004–09
Jun 15, 2009EVGA GeForce GTX 285 in an Early 2008 Mac Pro--How fast is it?Bill Fox2004–09
May 15, 2009ATI Radeon HD 4870 in an Early 2008 Mac Pro--How fast is it?Bill Fox2004–09
May 13, 2009Mac OS X 10.5.7--How fast is it?Bill Fox2004–09
Dec 22, 2008Hands-On Report--Mac OS X 10.5.6, How Fast Is It! Really Good NewsBill Fox2004–09
Dec 19, 2008Hands-On Review: My iPhone 3G with new Software v2.2Bill Fox2004–09
Oct 15, 2008The salient features of Apple's new notebooks: MacBooks, Pros and Airs--My takeBill Fox2004–09
Sep 22, 2008Hands-On Report--Mac OS X 10.5.5 How Fast Is It!2004–09
Aug 25, 2008Hands-On Report--Apple MacBook Air Update (Software)Bill Fox2004–09
Jul 14, 2008Hands-On Report--MobileMe on an iPhone, Mac Pro and MacBook AirBill Fox2004–09
Jul 12, 2008Brief Hands-On Report--iPhone Software 2.0Bill Fox2004–09
Jul 12, 2008Brief Hands-On Report--Mac OS X Update for MobileMe 1.1Bill Fox2004–09
Jul 2, 2008Brief Hands-On Report--Mac OS X 10.5.4 and Firmware 7.3.2 Update for the AirPort Extreme "N" Base Stations and Time CapsuleBill Fox2004–09
Jun 18, 2008Brief Hands-On Report--Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 Build 5608Bill Fox2004–09
Jun 9, 2008Hands-On Report--Mac OS X 10.5.3, How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
May 14, 2008Hands-On Report--Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (v12.1.0) and Office 2004 11.4.2Bill Fox2004–09
May 12, 2008Hands-On Report--Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 Build 5600Bill Fox2004–09
Apr 30, 2008Mac beats PC in Popular Mechanics Shootout--Faster, Better and Cheaper2004–09
Apr 30, 2008Hands-On Report--Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1Bill Fox2004–09
Apr 28, 2008Hands-On Report: Installing Apple Boot Camp Update 2.1 for Windows--Nvidia Driver IssueBill Fox2004–09
Apr 11, 2008Hands-On Report--MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0Bill Fox2004–09
Apr 9, 2008Hands-On Report--MacBook Air Firmware Update 1.0--Excessive Fan IssueBill Fox2004–09
Apr 9, 2008Hands-On Report--Aluminum Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0Bill Fox2004–09