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the thing with testing is that it’s subjective. all of us carry some baggage into a test because we already know a few numbers going in: we know the theoretical top speed of a SATA2 drive, the number of triangles the GPU can fling or the clock speed of the CPU. a Windows users may bring opinions about using a Macintosh the same way that a Mac user might be shocked (and unbelieving) that the cheaper PC is actually faster and better. the things known however don’t translate into what is really happening.
there is another kind of subjective which is influenced by time of day and where you are. I know from testing colors on displays and printers that what I see at 12PM is very different from what I see at 12AM. our eyes lie to us depending on the kind of light and there is. what looks white in one environment will turn pink in another. it’s all about our brain knowing what white is supposed to look like so it corrects what you are seeing to make it so.
— another benchmark tool… sigh. just what we needed. :: Know Tech
