PC VS MAC On Photoshop

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Don't know what the heck you were reading Chris? The dual G4 Mac got killed in all 10 benchmarks by the single processor P4. The Mac was also a $3000 machine (not $1600??), and the P4 was a $2875 machine.

So the P4 annihilated the Mac in every test (running Mac software no less), cost less, has cheaper software, was running on an extremely reliable platform, is easier to find parts for, and is just all around a far superior purchase.

As far as clock speed, your theory is flawed. You're talking about different processors built on totally different frameworks. Clock speed DOES matter. That's why AMD is actually going to start listing their processors in real speed. They've been misleading until now. Clock speed is kinda like engine rpm. In itself, it doesn't mean anything because you could have different gears. When you're comparing on a same chip basis, it's very important, exactly like a sprint car. A PIII 733MHz chip is going to get smoked by a PIII 1.13GHz chip. It's not debatable. Comparing a PIII 1.4GHz Tualatin processor vs a 1.4GHz P4 processor would result in the "older" PIII chip kicking P4 in the nads. They are on totally different platforms, and PIII would do it dispite having a tremendous disadvantage in memory speed because of the structure of the chip. The PIII would have .13 micron technology vs the P4's .18. That and P4 tends to bog down because the chipset cycles so deep. Bottom line, a P4 2.53GHz processor has a tremendous amount of advantage in clock speed vs the G4. Even over a dual processor G4. That means if the chipsets are equals, which I'd have to say it looks like P4 is probably faster chip vs chip anyway, P4 would kill the Mac.