Attached Link: http://calyxa.pandromeda.com/benchmark.html

Oh yeah, here we go again! I wrote a big long post pointing out how utterly pathetic Apples are in every way, then deleted it, then wrote another one that was even MORE revealing, then deleted it!!! So this is actually take 3 of my evil, fuck-Mac-based post! First off, I'm biased. I own and operate a local computer company, Dragon PC. There is NO money in Macs, for me. None of my clients could ever use one, they do not network with other computer types very well, if at all. The network world is built on Intel and AMD processors. So, disregard my opinion if you think I'm being funded by AMD, because I am. Still, even an Intel chipset is years beyond what Apple has stewed up in the name of idiocy. It's cut and dry. Macs are built by machines, PC's are built by people. Like Ornlu, or myself, or anyone who cares to take some time to learn. Macs are for users who want their computations to be as far from SEEMING like computatations as possible. Macs are easy, and rarely break down, and are sometimes even fun, especially if you are an elderly person or somehow handicapped. (note : NOT referring to MadMaccs!) Windows-based PC's are for serious users who don't mind some instability in exchange for maximum flexibility. This instability draws to a close with XP, it's a great OS and really blows all of the others right out of the water in terms of flexibility and power. Remember, they MADE Windows in the first place to get AWAY from Unix, which has been around since the 60's!!! PC's, much like race cars, are harder to maintain and take intelligence and thought to construct. A Mac is like a Ferrari, flashy, shiny, pretty, and fast, until you try driving a Mid-engine car in the rain. A PC is more like a NIssan Skyline, massively advanced, with All-Wheel-Steering and All-wheel drive and all the techno advances they could pack into it's 3,000 pound frame. Here's the math : Lazy person with money + likes shiny plastic and doesn't care about performance = Mac user. Dedicated learner with little or no money + intelligent, forward thinking, ready-in-an-instant-to-hit-CTRL-ALT-Delete without flinching = PC user. $2000 dollars for a G5? Today I built a $406 AMD 2Ghz setup for a client, and I'll take a render challenge any day to prove this machine will smoke a Mac. SO, on that basis, one could build a small render farm of more advanced computers for the price of ONE silly Mac. WHY would you spend extra money and get less? One reason : Idiocy. Wait, I thought of ANOTHER reason!!! Laziness. But aside from all my "opinionated" banter, just click the link to Pandromeda's benchmark page. Notice that there are NO G5 scores posted... Can't have Apple going out of business quite yet, now, can we?!?!