Imagine that, a slightly newer computer is slightly faster. And your point is what?
Apple is not out of the race by any means, and the high end machines have very competitive prices with PCs of similar speed. When you add in the style and stability of the Macintosh platform, it's still a pretty good option (and the best for me). Recently, Virginia Tech clustered 1100 G5 machines together, and currently, that cluster is the 3rd most powerful supercomputer on earth. Not only that, they were able to accomplish this feat at a fraction of the cost of the other supercomputers out there. Don't rule Apple out. Updates are expected in the PowerMac line early next year, which could very easily put Apple back on top of the speed game.
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