I think the one thing to remember about the "offical" SPEC results is the choice of compilers - the ones I saw on the SPEC page used Microsoft's compilers. The ones in Apple's test use GCC 3.3 for both Apple's and Dell's test systems. You can get a PDF detailing the tests, results, and configurations of the systems at http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/apple/defa ult.asp, VeriTest's site, which handled the testing...
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I think the one thing to remember about the "offical" SPEC results is the choice of compilers - the ones I saw on the SPEC page used Microsoft's compilers. The ones in Apple's test use GCC 3.3 for both Apple's and Dell's test systems. You can get a PDF detailing the tests, results, and configurations of the systems at http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/apple/defa ult.asp, VeriTest's site, which handled the testing...