Sure you do. Those are called workstations which the Mac Pro is part of the class. Trundle over to Dell and you can easily find multi-cpu (not multi-core) workstations that have up 192GB of RAM.
The point was that Apple gives you set product selection, charges you more (its not boatloads more mind you) and thats it. PC-land you have a broad spectrum of choices that just aren't there with Apple.
It comes down to if you want to pay more for the hardware and like the OS. Frankly I think Apple is doing it wrong and might actually increase their market share more if they would adjust the pricing of their Macs to the same ballpark as an equivalent Dell, HP, etc. Then it would just come down to whether people like the OSX or not.
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Don't see any Windows computers with 32gigs of ram and dual Quad core processors (yes, 8)...I wasn't referring to the Macbook or the iMac. I was more referring to the Mac Pro. But still, the iMac is nice since its a all in one. Only a couple Windows all in ones on the market. .
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Hyperthreading isn't a made up word, and guess what, Macs based on the Core i5 and Core i7 have hyperthread CPUs just as do their PC counterparts. Here's what wiki has to say on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading
But nonetheless, I bet if you did a suite of benchmarks on your PowerPC then did a complete fresh install of the OS you'd see a definite improvement. I won't dare predict how much or how little, but you will.
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exactly, squee. on top of that, i've had my 'outdated' dual 2 ghz powerPC G5 (yes, with a 23" HD screen - the only one on the consumer market - ever - that is/has been SWOP certified) for almost 6 years now and it runs as fast and well as the day i bought it. not only no viruses/spyware, but PC's are 'disposable' - they start to slow down over time (people probably aren't optimizing, but that's beside the point). because they're so cheap, you toss it and get the new latest PC bling. i mean, hyperthreading? really? i think that's just a made up word to make people
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Thats not even close to remotely true.
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my mac is rock solid for what i need it for, and the programs are indeed slower on a PC (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, etc
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