I have a discussion on calculating PI using a short shell script on my site ( http://www.geekronomicon.com/?q=node/79 ) and thought it would be interesting to compare my 3ghz PC running Ubuntu, Dual 1 gig PowerMac, 2ghz MacBookPro, and Ubuntu running on top of OS X using Parallels. Here's some results: Calculating PI at 5000 places: PowerMac (2002 Quicksilver model) Dual 1 Ghz CPUs: : Approx 9 minutes 1 second Ubuntu on a 3Ghz PC: Approx 57 seconds Intel-based MacBookPro at 2Ghz:: Approx. 1 minute 18 seconds Intel-based MacBookPro running Ubuntu using Parallels: Approx. 1minute and 11 seconds Amazing! Ubuntu running in Parallels on my MacBookPro is faster at calculating PI than the MacBookPro itself! Very cool Parallel Team!
