Blind spec test: 8 duels with the badges off
Blind spec test ready. Eight duels.
8 duels · badges off · no points
Two spec sheets. No logos. Which do you buy?
Every duel is one macOS machine against one Windows machine, with the makers, the model names and the prices taken out. Pick the sheet you would actually buy. Then we show you what you picked, and what it costs.
- Duels
- 8
- Points
- None
- Your record
- —
Both sheets in a duel carry the same rows in the same order, so you cannot spot the Mac by the shape of the table. Which sheet is A and which is B is shuffled — the Mac is not on one side.
Every duel is one macOS machine against one Windows machine, at the configuration named on the reveal. Both sheets carry the same rows in the same order and no brand names, so neither can be identified by the shape of its table. Which sheet is A and which is B is shuffled each run.
Specs are chosen to be durable — soldered against socketed memory, port counts, whether a touchscreen exists — rather than this quarter's benchmark scores. Prices are US figures recorded against makers' configuration pages, and the self-built and small-desktop totals move fastest of all. Check current configurations before you buy anything.