2011-07-22: Macbook Air 2011 Benchmarks

A couple of days after it's world debut in conjunction with Mac OS X 10.7 (a.k.a. LION), the Geekbench scores are out for both the new Dual Core Sandy Bridge ULV Core i5 and i7 CPUs for the 13" MBAs with the integrated Intel HD 3000 GPU! These are now known as the MacBook Air 4.2 series

Impressive!!!

1.7 Ghz Core i5 (2557M) @ 5400+

1.8 Ghz Core i7 (2677M) @ 5800+

With the Turbo Frequency boost of up to 2.9 Ghz, are we speculating burst scores of about 9,300? Foof!

To put other CPU scores into perspective:

3.06 Ghz Core i3 = 5,600+ | 2.3 Ghz Core i5 = 5900+

2011-01-09 Gosset Champagne

Anyone tried this OLDEST Champagne from Champagne, France?

Will this whip the standard Ariston Aspasies, Baron Fuentes, Billecart-Salmons, Bollingers, Bruno Michels, Charles Heidsiecks, Collard-Picards, Elisabeth Goutorbes, Fleurys, Franck Bonvilles, Henriots, Launois Blancs, Laurent-Perriers, Louis Roederers, Marguet Peres, Michel Arnoulds, Michel Dervins, Michel Loriots, Moets, Nicholas Feuillattes, Krugs, Perrier-Jouëts, Phillipe Gonets, Pierre Celliers, Piper-Heidsiecks, Ruinarts, Taittingers & Veuve Clicquots?

The basic American prices are circa RM 100-115 for a 750ml Brut Excellence bottle.

High end bottles such as the Celebris range are nearer to RM 400 as shown here. Local taxation applies!

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2011-01-09 Caviar Azovka

Anyone tasted this French product of Olivier Besson?

It's farmed from one of the 24 varieties of known sturgeons.

Perhaps have to get my Iranian buddies to get some since the word 'Caviar' comes from the Persian word "Khaviar" which means "bearing eggs"

Pricing is from Hong Kong Dollars 10 to 20k per kilogramme!

This translates to HKD 10 - 20 per gramme!

Typical can sizes are 30g and 100g.