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    Re: Macbook Pro/ Sony Vaio/ Gateway Netbook Your opinion

    Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
    Price wise you need to compare power to power (geekbench). The mac pros (5.1) we are running are just over 4000$ a computer. The nearest PC speed wise is just under 11000 dollars (Dell Inc. PowerEdge R720) It is such a silly statement macs are more expensive... Macs are faster speed comes atr a price. Heck the old mac pro on my desk 2008 is only slightly slower than a Acer amd FX8120 new. It is crazy comparing a four year old computer to new off the shelf but ... I think the Acer is a bit faster but not by much.
    This is why I'm running a Mac pro lol I triple boot Mac OS X, Windows 7 Professional, and Red Hat Linux on it... and it is a beast.
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