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Smart ITC people, indeed..
You neglect the fact that "best" is a completely subjective term, that cannot be measured with any authority.

Whereas "fastest" CAN be quantified (albeit with some measure of contention.. and IMO, they should use optimized compilers for both platforms.. or, better yet.. some good ol' assembly code..).

The P4 has a 20 stage pipeline, MMX, SSE, and SSE2 instructions.. of course, if the compiler doesn't take advantage of these features, it won't give an accurate indication of performance and speed of the processor! (Probably same is true for the G5 processor, but I am unfamiliar with the architecture of that machine..)
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Smart ITC people  FirstNLastN | 11/11/03
agree  lmaxwell | 11/11/03
Who's next, BA?  Fred Fredrickson | 11/11/03
Smart ITC people, indeed..  d_jedi | 11/11/03
whatever sells...  tooner440 | 11/11/03
re: whatever sells...  tooner440 | 11/11/03
Ditch the markup  Fred Fredrickson | 11/11/03
thanks  tooner440 | 11/18/03
reposting...  tooner440 | 11/18/03
and one more time...  tooner440 | 11/18/03
Thanks....  Palmyra | 11/11/03
That's M$ hand again!  screaming silence | 11/11/03
That's MS Hand Again!  wadeprater | 11/11/03
things are changing  lmaxwell | 11/11/03
Oh, so I guess....  BitTwiddler | 11/11/03
2.5 times slower & more expensive G5, but Apple is happy.  Vily Clay | 11/11/03
2.5 times slower? wrong  theo_durcan | 11/11/03
Poor Comparisons  Harry Bardal | 11/11/03
why only compare to intel  zijiang | 11/11/03
Yes, everything is relative but we have what we have.  Vily Clay | 11/11/03
Agree to disagree  mds_z | 11/13/03
You have a link to the article?  Rick_K | 11/11/03
Is Macworld journal Dec. 2003 too expensive for you?  Vily Clay | 11/11/03
Vily clueless as usual  bgoss@... | 11/11/03
Look in the mirror first and then read the links.  Vily Clay | 11/11/03
You still have no proof  Fred Fredrickson | 11/11/03
Are you too poor to buy Macworld Dec 2003?  Vily Clay | 11/12/03
What problem?  altereqo | 11/11/03
Yes, if Mac would be the cheapest - no problems.  Vily Clay | 11/12/03
Time to boycott U.K., ehh  FilledOut | 11/12/03
Test it against Athlon64!  zeusfuse | 11/12/03
Best Hardware  issthatso | 11/12/03
RE: Test it against the Athlon 64  JakAttak | 11/12/03
What computer can you buy right now....  mlindl | 11/12/03
What is the difference between a workstation..  mlindl | 11/12/03
$13,000.00 Apple PC  boatelc | 11/13/03

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