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you sure are stirring shit up arent you, jason?
the choice between turbocharging and supercharging really comes down to the application. and probably cost/product availability as well as budget.
positive displacement superchargers are great for applications where you'd like to be able to punch it and go without delay. and I dont think turbos will ever beat their low end torque production, despite how far turbocharging has come regarding spool times.
if you're looking for on track performance only, you'll probably never have problems with a turbo's powerband.
if you're in an old musclecar with a 4 speed transmission, then its going to be harder to hit the best part of the powerband when you downshift, so the broader the power range the better for some applications, not everyone is after fast ETs, they may just want a car thats fun to drive, and a superchager makes it easy to deliver that without running it in the high rpm range.
you cant argue that turbocharging is better in every application.
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