it is an endless battle. but then again it sjouldnt matter, each has its own place. So waht the benchmark was after effects and 3D ....i do that on Pc, i must say i hate it. The speed may be faster, but IMO its not worth it. Ive dont LONG video projects on both mac and PC. My overall work gets done quicker on the mac. they dont take into considaration gamming, programming, compiling, stuff like that.
Gamers, and your average joe are just happy with a PC. Now people like my girlfirends family who are the biggest computer idiots in the world, theyd be happy with a mac mini (which is actually what i talked them into getting) took em 5 minutes to adjust to osx demoing my mac.
1 thing id like to comment NO ONE notices, there is in fact Gentoo for OSX.3, which is really portage. So you essentially get 2 OS'es in one, OSx, and run ANY linux app you could want. (just need to compile from source) And if you slap the PPC version of WINE on there, you can emulate windows programs (yes, x86 on ppc) and if your running 2 monster dual G5s it isnt too bad at all. You can even integrate winxp in osx silently, with VMware. It does run windows apps, with limiations. The main reason of it though is seamless pritning and filesharing (no more smb ) those G5s are monsters.
pretty much if you can find a linux replacement for your favorite windows app, your set. But then again, most big name windows apps have a osx counter part. thats just my .02$