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Originally Posted by 128shot I like the Imac, but for 1,000 dollars I built what they would have gave in for 1,300.
Not including monitor I suppose, but I got that free, along with a stereo system, and some software. |
Add in the cost of an operating system (Microsoft Windows XP Professional), and you're sitting right at $1300. Add the cost of a monitor and you're higher than the Macintosh. Don't forget the remote control, FireWire camera, wireless networking and bluetooth.
A free OS like Linux would keep you below that, but Linux vs. Mac OS X isn't even a comparison. Windows XP is at least a competitor.
I guess it's just my opinion that even though Apple computers
seemingly cost a lot more, you get what you pay for (and a lot more). Communities like this... free GOOD software... free operating system... cutting edge components... nifty deign...
All that is worth an extra ~$200 from me. And Apple actually helps me get a portion of that back by having an outperforming stock that has gone against naysaying for quite some time now.
If all you're looking for is raw number-crunching performance, then it would be silly to purchase a Macintosh computer. Number-crunching is cheap: a motherboard, a processor and memory. A few hundred easy.