Re: Macbook Pro/ Sony Vaio/ Gateway Netbook Your opinion
Originally Posted by kitedemon
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.