Are Mac's really faster?

[goddog]

IllegalPaladin said:
I looked at Apple's website to spec out a Mac Pro a week or two ago and compare it with my planned Core i7 build. From the get go at default options it's already $1000 more expensive than my build and my build includes building a WHOLE new tower as well as getting a new monitor and the only things I'd be saving from the old tower are the hard drives and DVD drives.

which build the single xeon or the dual? and how much ram are you throwing in your tower 3 or 6 gig? id like to see your build out to see if its a fair comparison or if you should be comparing it to the imac line which is far more in line with use of a core i7 chip though the line has nto been refreshed in awhile

 

edit really its a question of class the mac pro is a workstation not a true desktop. how much ram can the mobo you want hold the base lower end pro maxes at 16 GB (white papers) and the two quad core unit is at 32gb? is the mobo designed to hold 2 cpus but can run on one?