I don't think the intention was to compare the sims to each other, but the cpu to the sims, and to be honest the thought that some people may be doing that didn't even occur to me. Everyone knows that better graphics come with a price, and LOMAC looks light years ahead of most of the other sims out there.
The review was of the CPU's performance, not LOMAC's. SimHQ isn't about A sim, its about lots of sims, and for the players of other sims to know what the performance is like on a new processor on the sims they play is very useful information.
I think about the only error in judgement was the assumption that the readers were going to pay attention to the text of the article AND everyone would be adult enough to ignore those who didn't. We've already seen that this community has more than it's fair share of asshats.