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Originally Posted by Bifta
Not sure what you mean by a level playing field, as in same speed processors etc? If that's the case, the Athlon FX-53 runs at 2.2ghz, it was benchmarked against a DUAL 2ghz G5 and left it in it's dust (even running that awfully slow Microsoft Windows  ) |
Nope, I was thinking about market penetration etc ... clearing away Bill Gates' canny business dealings and some of Jobs' less canny ones, and presenting them as two complete products with an equal amount of software available ... based purely on the look, feel and performance of the systems as consumer products (which is not how you see it, but is certainly how the majority do).
As for the processor issue, I concede, Apple's been caught with its pants down here. Raw power has always been at the core of its proposition to professional users, I wonder whether it has been distracted with its chip supply chain problems over the last couple of years. Don't forget, though, that the iMac is a consumer machine, and should be compared with similarly priced consumer PCs, not top-of-the-range workstations.