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Spoiler alert: Expensive machines perform better than cheaper ones

Posted at 10:56 on Thursday, 10 June 2010

ACTIVISM “Macs running Steam are more powerful than PCs, on average”

Engadget unleashed this shocker upon the world today:

The latest edition of Valve’s hardware survey shows the glossy white Apple models outgun Windows counterparts in a number of areas. Whereas the majority of Windows PCs have 2GB or 3GB of memory, 53 percent of Macs sport 4GB of RAM […] While 17 percent of Windows users are also stuck with a single CPU, over 90 percent of Macs running Steam have a dual-core…

I love Apple, Steam and Engadget a great deal, but making waves about Apple machines that cost a good percentage more than their Windows-based counterparts boasting better specs is something I — and everyone else who wishes to stamp a big “STFU” on the Mac vs. PC argument — could have done without, thanks.

Tagged as: apple, gaming, mac, pc, steam, games, performance

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