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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duke Leto" data-source="post: 1406921" data-attributes="member: 35693">Frank, as I said earlier you can't compare the technical spec, the resources available with Mac OSX are so much less than a PC, the processors and memory are slightly less important if the machine uses them for primary functions.Just think of what memory is consumed running spamkillers virus suites security et al, I'm sure there must be some benchmarking available, but it is like comparing apples n pears.Just checked out the Dell range, the best monitor they offer as an upgrade which adds £280.00 to the price over a standard 20" still can't get to the resolution of my standard spec I-mac and now the Dell is over £1000 you don't even get a 800Mbps firewire port, standard on my mac.I was always put of from apple as they seemed a luxury but when you actually see what you get I don't think theres any real differenceHey this discussion could go on forever, my old Dell 8200 is in my office it served me for 5 years but it needed more memory as more load was placed on it (which for that mother board is very expensive) a new graphics card and one hard drive, plus I reformatted and reloaded it at least twice, the last time was the time that broke the camels back.</blockquote>