I don't think that's the correct comparison. I was attempting to make reference to purpose built machines that only do one thing fairly well vs. a machine that does MANY things well(daily driver).
Again, to each their own. But I've seen many PC conversations turn into meaningless debates about "ultimate" parts lists. I've seen those same builds become cripped with poor installation methods.
Operating systems and software need to be tuned to some extent for the hardware; just as overclocks and bios should be setup to take advantage of hardware characteristics. When you get the 1st one right, the benchmarks associated with the second don't matter as much since the end user experience meets the expectation...Apple comes to mind on that one :> Not the best, not the worst...but most consumers LOVE the experience(snappy response imo)
