[OM] Re: iMac for Workflow

[Chuck Norcutt]

I'd believe that if Macs had access to different processors than PC's 
do.  But a Mac running Windoze has to run the same software running on 
the same processor and, in addition to the PC's workload, it has to pass 
through the Parallels translation layer at least part of the time.

I suppose it's possible that Apple does their own motherboard support 
chips which might convey a performance advantage but I don't consider 
that likely given their historic cost/volume problems.  Sounds like more 
Mac folk lore to me.  But I'd consider it a resounding success if there 
was no more than 10% overhead and that is probably quite doable and 
pretty much unnoticeable.

Chuck Norcutt

Chris Barker wrote:


> You can run Windoze on the Intel Macs (aaargh! ;-)) with a system  
> called Parallels, about USD60.  Apparently it is faster than a PC  
> running the OS.



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