Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jun 2008 17:12 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
Green, power reduction, and climate change are all the rage these days, and the world of computers is not off the hook on this one. Software and hardware manufacturers are trying hard to keep power consumption down - while first something for mostly mobile computers, desktops and servers are now part of the effort too. PC World tested Windows Server 2008 and two Linux server offerings and compared their power usage patterns.
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2007-06-29
Apple has already rolled their own distro to only include the drivers and service need for their limited hardware spectrum. So, OSX will always perform in the best possible way on Apple hardware.
On the other hand, Ubuntu is made to run on most modern hardware. So, it is loaded with drivers and services to cover almost anything that it may encounter out in the wild within reason.
I'm not a betting man, but I would venture to guess that if OSX was made to run on off the shelf hardware that it would not perform as well as Ubuntu or any modern distro for that matter.