If you need to improve your laptop's battery life, turning off Turbo Boost is a great way to do it. Those with access to Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility can go even farther, with impressive results.

This is in reference to a chip with a base frequency of 3.0 GHz and Turbo Boost of 3.5 GHz. Are Macs able to use Turbo Boost? I'm guessing that they are. Do I have to change any setting or does this ...