OS wars are pathetic...it's already been won by market share. If you want to talk hardware performance, I'm in. But hardware performance is not something you seem to want to talk about. You guys end up switching to talking about OS's, or politics, or about anything but hardware performance. I'll say it again... computing performance starts with hardware, not your OS. If Jobs would come out with a version of OSX that anyone could buy without having to buy his premade box, I'd check it out. I have plenty of drives around. I'm not that militant about which OS I use, I just appreciate using the best hardware that I can get my hands on to build my boxes. Thanks for the friendly ping.
Address OS X taking better advantage of the existing power of the video card.
I just appreciate using the best hardware that I can get my hands on to build my boxes.
Hmmm, best hardware or just the fastest? First, if you currently use Intel chips, you can stop the "fastest" thing, because AMD rules. The PPC970 is extremely fast, but only in certain applications.
As for the rest of the hardware, the case is truly the most impressive. No other OEM makes them like that. Liquid cooled processors, four discrete thermal zones, 21 sensors, several variable speed fans. The thing runs extremely quiet for the amount of power that's in it.
And then go the other direction for people who don't want speed, and get an energy-sipping, ultra-quiet Mac mini.