BAPCo Debuts MobileMark 2002; BAPCo and MadOnion.com Deliver a New Benchmark to Evaluate Notebook Systems in a Realistic Mobile Environment.Business Editors and High Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 BAPCo(R) and MadOnion.com(R) today announced the release of MobileMark(TM) 2002, a new benchmark to evaluate notebook user experience by measuring both performance and battery life at the same time. Performance and battery life are among the top purchase criteria for notebooks users, yet no method existed for evaluating both criteria with the same workload. MobileMark(TM) 2002 addresses the need for a simple to use and broadly deployed industry standard benchmark that can measure and report performance as well as battery life at the same time. Until now, notebooks have been evaluated on performance in the AC mode and battery life in the battery mode. MobileMark(TM) 2002 will allow notebook OEMs, IT departments, reviewers, publishers, testing laboratories and notebook users to evaluate mobile systems in today's more realistic mobile environment. "CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Networks' product reviews team is committed to bringing comprehensive hardware and software reviews to the millions of readers of CNET.com and ZDNet Web sites, and Computer Shopper Computer Shopper could referr to the following publications:
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-- Microsoft(R)Word 2002
-- Microsoft(R)Excel 2002
-- Microsoft(R)PowerPoint 2002
-- Microsoft(R)Outlook 2002
-- Netscape Communicator(R)6.0
-- McAfee(R)VirusScan 5.13
-- Adobe(R)Photoshop(R)6.0.1
-- Macromedia(R)Flash 5
-- WinZip(R)8.0
The reader usage model represents a light-computation usage model in which a user is reading through content already present on the notebook system such as an e-book. The reader usage model reports a battery life score and uses Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. (R) 6.0. The workload and usage models were cooperatively designed, developed and tested by engineers from a wide cross-section of industry-leading publications, testing labs, PC manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, and software developers. MobileMark(TM) 2002 was extensively validated across multiple hardware and software configurations by BAPCo(R)'s partners. This process ensures a useful and robust benchmark that consistently and reliably delivers performance and battery life results representative of the notebook user's experience. MobileMark(TM) 2002 Software and Hardware Requirements MobileMark(TM) 2002 supports Windows(R) XP (Professional and Home) and Windows(R) 2000 (with Service Pack 2) operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . MobileMark(TM) 2002 requires 128 MB RAM and 2.0 GB Free hard disk space for installation and 100 MB during each run. MobileMark(TM) 2002 is being introduced under the strategic alliance between BAPCo(R) and MadOnion.com(R). MadOnion.com(R), a leading provider of PC performance benchmarking software and web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , will provide exclusive marketing and distribution for MobileMark(TM) 2002. Ordering Information MobileMark(TM) 2002 is available for 249.95 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . For a limited time, SYSmark(R) 2002 licensees will be able to purchase MobileMark(TM) 2002 for 199.95 USD. Please visit MadOnion.com(R)'s secure shopping site at: http://www.madonion.com/products/mobilemark2002/ (Powered by MadOnion.com(R)) for further details and to place an order. About BAPCo(R) The Business Applications Performance Corporation (BAPCo) is a non-profit consortium of leading computer industry publications, independent testing labs, PC hardware manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers and software publishers. Current BAPCo(R) membership includes: CNET Labs, Inc., Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Microsoft, and VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Publications Limited (UK). About MadOnion.com(R) MadOnion.com(R) is a leading provider of PC performance information and web services. MadOnion.com(R) is known around the world for its benchmark products, including the 3DMark(R) Series and PCMark(TM)2002 (with more than 30 million copies distributed, worldwide) and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. powered by a database of over 4 million real life benchmarking results. MadOnion.com(R) has offices in Saratoga, California Saratoga (IPA: /ˌsærəˈtoʊgə/[1]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. and Helsinki, Finland. For more information, please visit www.MadOnion.com. For more information, visit www.bapco.com or www.MadOnion.com. NOTE: BAPCo and SYSmark are registered trademarks of the Business Applications Performance Corporation. MobileMark is a trademark of the Business Applications Performance Corporation. MadOnion.com is a registered trademark of MadOnion.com. All other names mentioned are trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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