Apparently, Apple computer inflates its own benchmarks, just like everyone else in the PC world. If you’d like some guy’s in depth analysis of the apple data, check out the article. I found it to be quite interesting.
If you’re bored though, please go read the mac zealots responses down at the bottom of the article. They’re a precious example, showing that in spite of their platform, Mac users can be every bit as stupid as Wintel users.
Apple is good for two things: a) keeping other companies from dealing with anti-trust suites b) making money for smart investers (apple has pretty regular cycles low is normally around 14, high around 20 and has a full period of normally 8 months)