Like I said, whatever you like is cool by me.
On 3/30/02 3:10 PM, "Gumby [Matthew J Smith]" <Gumby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would label the Mac and the HD in the same category. Nice machines but way
> over price on parts and labor for what you get. Let alone the availability of
> them. You do not see a giant section of video cards for Macs, game or
> software.
> And if there are some made for Mac they will cost 3 times as much. Friend does
> Mac service; going rate is 200hr in town, 50-75 for a PC.
>
> With a PC I can build any design I want where Mac you just got to buy their
> version, no home building parts available at reasonable prices.
> I can build a screaming PC for half the price of even a regular PC off the
> shelf. You cannot build a Mac off the shelf for less than retail.
>
> Right now I have dual Intel p3800@916mhz /
> 512 of PC150 sdram@157mhz/
> Gforce2 TI pro 64 megs of DDRam, gpu 250mhz, ddram 400mhz/
> On a Msi 694d pro ar, ata 100 with raid.
>
> Dual boot Win2k pro sp3 / Win me
>
> And at anytime I can just go buy a bigger cpu; ram; video; storage space and
> not
> even need to ask will it work, just slap it in and go. And parts are super
> cheap
> right now. You can build your own 3 Ghz performance monster gaming machine for
> about 1,200.00. I have about 900.00 in parts mine but I built when prices were
> high.
>
>
>
>
> Now a Mac is good if you're a graphics artist or something but it is way to
> much
> like a HD.
>
> Download some benchmarks and lets race, Vrooom Vrooom Vrooom.
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>> <<Mac computers, like
>> Viragos are tough and built for the long hual. If you want to use one of
>> those HD type, oh Im sorry, I meant PC type, knock yourself out.;)>>
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