Downloading faster than restoring :S

Hi there again,
I just figured out that I'm actually downloading faster than restoring up :s
Picture this:
I have a internet connection of 20mbit, my average download speed is around 19mbps I can download around 6/7Gb a hour.
At the moment I'm restoring a map with high-res RAW images (16MB each). the map is 5,5Gb large and the estimating time is 4 hours.. This means that the restore speed is around 13mbit / h. How is this possible?
And the fun part: I can download while I'm restoring and it doesn't effect my download/restore speed???? Connected with a wire to timecapsule 500gb.
Hope someone can clear me out.. I can't figure it out...
Message was edited by: rover87 - spelling

Mac's can be faster than PC's and PC's can be faster than Mac's.
It all depends upon the processors, graphics capability and other factors, age of each machine, data on the  drive, etc.
If you put Windows and OS X on the very same type hardware, freshly installed on each hard drive, everything matches. Likely OS X would be a hair slower than Windows.
It's because OS X renders the UI with a finer degree of detail.
However when it comes to hardware, PC's outstrip Mac's in that department not mainly in the processors, which they both share the same Intel ones (Mac's sometimes gets theirs before PC users) but rather the video card upgrade choices and tweaking ability Windows towers users enjoy and Mac owners do not.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
So if your considering a 3D gaming machine, your choices are simply a Win 7 tower.
Generic PC's also have another advantage, one can replace Windows with the lighter Linux, I've done that with HP XP netbooks that were going for a song, slapped Linux on them and they make great portable use machines for the basics. I even use a UI that looks like OS X so I feel at home.

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