FudgeNuggets
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First and foremost, lets keep the discussion here logical and civil. I'm inviting the mods to strike down with great vengence and their mighty banhammer anybody who wants to troll or turn this thread south......
There has been a bit of Mac talk going on the forums lately and I keep hearing not only from our novice users but also from our more advanced, senior and mod users about how expensive Apple computers are. This may have been true in the PowerPC days, but just not any more. That is as long as you compare (*ahem*) Apples to Apples and not compare an iMac to a $300 E-machine or low-end dell.
I'm going to do 4 posts here for 4 different machines, please refrain from responding/flaming until I have all 4 posted. Thanks,
Let us examine a few machines.
Apple's mainstream machine is the iMac which is slimline unit where all the hardware components aside from the keyboard and mouse are built into the monitor.
The only manufacturer to offer something similar to the iMac (as far as I know) is Dell with the XPS ONE. Now nobody really thinks of Dell's as pricey, right? Well, let us compare......
Here is an XPS ONE:
Aside from being black, it looks a lot like an iMac, right?
Here is what you get on an XPS ONE for $1299 (base entry level price)
There has been a bit of Mac talk going on the forums lately and I keep hearing not only from our novice users but also from our more advanced, senior and mod users about how expensive Apple computers are. This may have been true in the PowerPC days, but just not any more. That is as long as you compare (*ahem*) Apples to Apples and not compare an iMac to a $300 E-machine or low-end dell.
I'm going to do 4 posts here for 4 different machines, please refrain from responding/flaming until I have all 4 posted. Thanks,
Let us examine a few machines.
Apple's mainstream machine is the iMac which is slimline unit where all the hardware components aside from the keyboard and mouse are built into the monitor.
The only manufacturer to offer something similar to the iMac (as far as I know) is Dell with the XPS ONE. Now nobody really thinks of Dell's as pricey, right? Well, let us compare......
Here is an XPS ONE:
Aside from being black, it looks a lot like an iMac, right?
Here is what you get on an XPS ONE for $1299 (base entry level price)
1. 20" monitor
2. Core2Duo E4500 2.2GHZ
3. Windows Vista
4. 2GB 667mhz DDR2
5. 250GB SATA HDD
6. Intergrated intel graphics and sound chip
7. 8X CDRW/DVDRW
8.. 1 year warranty
Here is what you get with an iMac for $1199 (100$ CHEAPER than the Dell)
1. 20" Monitor
2. Core2Duo 2GHZ CPU
3. 1GB 667MHZ DDR2
4. OS X
5. 128MB ATI RADEON HD 2400XT
6. 8X CDRW/DVDRW
7. 250GB SATA HDD
8. 1 year warranty
So, what you have here is a difference of 200mhz and 1GB of RAM but an infrerior Video Card for $100 MORE on the Dell. Gee, these Macs are REALLY expensive aren't they????
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