Comments on: Debunking arguments against the Mac http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2004/10/03/debunking-arguments-against-the-mac/ ramblings of a philomathic polymath Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:48:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2004/10/03/debunking-arguments-against-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-113 James Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:34:19 +0000 http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2004/10/03/debunking-arguments-against-the-mac/#comment-113 You missed the previous paragraph about the Army's Mach 5 cluster that clocks the 2.0GHz G5 at 4.8 Gigaflops per CPU. You're comparing the wrong numbers. You missed the previous paragraph about the Army’s Mach 5 cluster that clocks the 2.0GHz G5 at 4.8 Gigaflops per CPU. You’re comparing the wrong numbers.

]]> By: Bryan http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2004/10/03/debunking-arguments-against-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Bryan Sat, 01 Jan 2005 19:46:03 +0000 http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2004/10/03/debunking-arguments-against-the-mac/#comment-111 <blockquote cite="the cluster built last year at Virginia Tech using 1,100 Mac desktops has a theoretical peak of about 18.2 Teraflops and initially benchmarked at 8.1 Teraflops to deliver a contribution of <b>3.7 Gigaflops per CPU. ... "Lightning," at Los Alamos National Laboratory Latest News about Los Alamos National Laboratory, uses 2,816 Opterons to produce a peak of 11,264 or <b>4.0 Gigaflops per CPU </b>-- 30 percent better than the Xeons, but <i>still 20 percent less than the G5s.</i>"> So let me get this straight. Windows PC's are slower than Macs because 4.0 is "20 percent less than" 3.7. Take it to the bank, baby.</blockquote>

3.7 Gigaflops per CPU.

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“Lightning,” at Los Alamos National Laboratory Latest News about Los Alamos National Laboratory, uses 2,816 Opterons to produce a peak of 11,264 or 4.0 Gigaflops per CPU – 30 percent better than the Xeons, but still 20 percent less than the G5s.“>

So let me get this straight. Windows PC’s are slower than Macs because 4.0 is “20 percent less than” 3.7. Take it to the bank, baby.

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