The problem with most of the speed tests... its steroid machine vs steroid machine. Thats like picking out your next family car by watching some Nascar race. "Hey the Grand Prix just won the race with an average of 134 miles per hour, we should get one of those! The test that will affect the other 95% of computer users will end up being $1000 of Mac vs $1000 of PC... complete machine opened from the box.