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Originally Posted by Adam Richards
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That chart completely glosses over the differences between single-core and multicore systems. The only way that you could assume those sorts of numbers, would be if everyone was always using multiple programs or multithreaded programs. Obviously, that's not the case. In fact, the comparisons between Mac and PC hardware are quite laughable—he's just completely wrong when it comes to his assessment of the PPC G5's capabilities versus an Athlon, P4 or P-M. In fact, the most glaring error is right there at the top of the chart. He conflates dual dual-core G5s and dual dual-core Xeons with a supposed P4 equivalent of 6.5 GHz—this is utterly meaningless.