From Deeje's BLOG:
"USATODAY.com - The ultimate smackdown
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/07/12/steinberg.htm
when someone tells you a Windows box is always faster than the Mac, point them to this article and tell them it isn't necessarily so."

Observations:
- As I've been saying for years that the PowerPC chip consortium has a marketing challenge around processor speed (MHz); shame on them for allowing that to continue to be the consumer's most understood means of gauging processor performance
- How much memory was in each of the computers tested?
- Disk subsystem speed?
- How much did each box cost?
- What else was included for the purchase price (DVD-ROM, CD-R, etc)
- Why was a DUAL PROCESSOR MAC compared to a SINGLE PROCESSOR WINTEL?

A quick look on the Apple site at -- guessing they selected the $2999 model:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/222/wo/EycUb1BoYNnoVzWMep/0.3.0.3.30.37.1.0.1.3.1.3.1.1.0?96,57

A quick look on Sony's site shows a /significantly upgraded/ version of the model tested at $2499:
http://www.sonystyle.com/home/item.jsp?hierc=9683x5881x8591&catid=8591&itemid=40386#40386_01_01_RC_Customize

I sure as hell wouldn't point anyone w/ a brain to this article for "proof" of anything, aside from the author's lack of ability to conduct a fair and accurate test.

Apple's showing great signs of life, but they still can't bring the 'hammer' (1984) down. Keep pluggin boys!