"Apple's MacBook Pro models are very good multimedia laptops"

Ok.

"and they are also very popular amongst content creators."

If you do not just want to express your first statement twice by meaning "very popular amongst multimedia content creators" but if you want to express "also very popular amongst content creators when using non-multimedia applications, where is the evidence for this, can't the same be said for x64 notebooks so is there any relevance for such a statement other than NBC's usual Apple PR?

This is relevant to my interests, as I'm one the few people who liked that game.
But it's a unremarkable console Diablo-clone, like Dark Alliance.

Still it's interesting to know they only had a few months to rework it into a proper RPG.

Quote from: dada_dave on Today at 00:24:10As for this article, I'm not too familiar with Puget bench results in general, but what's going with the Lightroom Class Standard vs Extended tests? In the Extended test, all 3 M5 Max/Pro devices are roughly equivalent to each other, but in the Standard Test both Max SOCs are significantly lower than the Pro SOC, even the Max which is also in the 16" chassis. Any thoughts as to what is going on there? The M5 Pro is like >=20% better here and it can't be throttling, I would think, since even the 16" Max struggles.

Hmmmm ... you know that M5 Pro LR Class Standard score is 20% higher than the M5 Max 16" Standard score but is well inline with the LR Class Extended Scores from all the M5 Pro/Maxes, only 2.5% higher than those. Is it possible that you ran the Extended benchmark twice on the M5 Pro? Just an idea.

Quote from: Andreas Osthoff on March 12, 2026, 17:16:54Thanks for the note with the power draw, I will add them later in the other three reviews!

We will get the MacBook Pro 16 M5 Max tomorrow and I will start testing immediately.

Hi Andreas,

I know you're working on other articles and the bigger M5 Max review, but just as a reminder you also wanted to add CB R24 external monitor power data to the 13" and 15" Air and 16" M5 Pro articles.

As for this article, I'm not too familiar with Puget bench results in general, but what's going with the Lightroom Class Standard vs Extended tests? In the Extended test, all 3 M5 Max/Pro devices are roughly equivalent to each other, but in the Standard Test both Max SOCs are significantly lower than the Pro SOC, even the Max which is also in the 16" chassis. Any thoughts as to what is going on there? The M5 Pro is like >=20% better here and it can't be throttling, I would think, since even the 16" Max struggles.

Cheers,
David

E-waste... What a ludicrous take.

As someone who upgrades their phone when it needs it, not just because something new and shiny comes along, the 10a was a great upgrade on the 7a.

My battery in the 7a was now insufficient for a full day (I blame wireless charging...) but otherwise in perfect condition. I got an AUD$300 trade in. I got 256gb I really needed now and a much brighter screen for outdoor daytime use - my two 'must haves' for my next phone upgrade after the 7a ownership experience.

I also got satellite SOS - a very nice to have feature for an outdoorsy person in a place like Australia.

What the world doesn't need is the sort of mentality that requires an upgrade to the newest, shiniest phone as soon as it comes along, even though the old one is quite serviceable. Journalists like you could maybe reflect on your role in promoting such a wasteful practice and the amount of e-waste it generates.

Schick - schick.
Ich fahre das aktuelle Modell als E-Tense und werde die Marke wieder wechseln. Das sind tolle Fahrzeuge - aber der Service in Deutschland ist unterirdisch schlecht. So wird das nix mit Premium.
Nach dem letzten massiven Ärger mit der Werkstatt hat man mich gefragt, was man mir Gutes tun könne. Ich bat dann um eine Probefahrt mit dem DS N.8

Bis heute hat man sich nicht mehr bei mir gemeldet ...

Offenbar stehen Kunden den internen Abläufen bei DS nur im Weg rum ...

Viel Spaß mit dem flächendeckenden Händlernetz von bundesweit 5 oder 6 hochtrabend "DS Salon" genannten (Ex)Opel-Händlern, die den Kram nun mit vertickern sollen.

Mein Fazit: Tolle Autos, völlig gescheitertes Service-Konzept und Lichtjahre an den deutschen Premium-Kunden vorbei.