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From: TazmnianDv@...
> This article explains why macs are faster even with a slightly slower
> buss speed .. because they have multiple busses dedicated to different
> processes, while Wintel machines have a single buss which gets jammed
> up faster.

Please note the article *never* claims Macs are faster. It just says
Apple's 167 bus speed doesn't look as impressive as some PC machines
currently available, which is very true. I'm going to buy a Mac eventually
to keep using Logic but not until either a) they honestly have as much
processing power as Windows PCs (which is still not the case) or b) some
new feature in Logic comes out that I can't live without... 

P4 motherboards have been at 400 mhz for a while now, and recently were
increased to a 533 mhz bus. I wouldn't really call 30% "slightly slower".
The SiS P4 chipsets do have multiple DMA buses similar to the multiple
buses the Macs have, and all Intel P4 chipsets have dedicated certain
amounts of bandwidth to various devices so no one device can congest the
bus, as that article says. 

Cheers :-)
Jeremy 
http://www.ixks.com/~sadus