Signal to Noise » comparison http://macvoip.com/stn Teddy Wallingford, Rock and Roll CEO Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:04:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Psystar Open Computer Vs. Mac Pro: Head to Head http://macvoip.com/stn/2009/01/02/psystar-open-computer-vs-mac-pro-head-to-head/ http://macvoip.com/stn/2009/01/02/psystar-open-computer-vs-mac-pro-head-to-head/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:46:01 +0000 Ted Wallingford http://macvoip.com/stn/?p=844 Continue reading →]]> I just did a quick comparison of system configurations.  A genuine Apple Mac Pro configured similarly to the Psystar “Open Computer“–a Mac-compatible PC marketed with the option of installing OS X Leopard from the factory.  Granted, it’s impossible to do an identical configuration, because the Mac Pro uses Xeon processors and the Open Computer uses Core2Duo ones, but I’m still surprised at how handily the Psystar spanks the Apple configuration.

Apple Psystar
Processor Quad-core Xeon at 2.8 GHz Core2Duo at 3.0 GHz
RAM 2 GB DDR2 4 GB DDR2
Video ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GeForce 7200GS 256MB
Hard Disk 320 GB 7200 RPM SATA 320 GB 7200 RPM SATA
Optical Drive DVD-R/CD-R DVD-R, CD-R, and Blu-Ray Burner
Display None 19″ Widescreen
Price $2799 $1352

Quite an amazing difference.

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