i said a whole rack would put you at 57. it seems that i forgot to post external links relating to apple power.
http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/appleseed/appleseed.html
oooh external benchmarks.
http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/apple...enchmarks.html
personally i wouldn't use a mac server because there's a better option still which is to use rlx blades. of course if price is the single decision criteria you can run windows 2000 on your homemade box. woo.