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Disco Stu
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This is NOT an attempt to show why Mac is more expensive, etc. than PC, but an honest attempt to get advice on my upcoming purchase. I'm super-intrigued by Mac but don't know if I can justify the extra $$. Not much gaming, some light photo/vid editing
PC bundle at BestBuy for $1400;
Intel® Core(TM)2 Quad, 2.66GHz, 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM Expandable To 8GB, 1TB Serial ATA (7200 rpm), NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB dedicated, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), TV Tuner, Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11 b/g), wireless mouse & keyboard, Vista Premium, 22" Flat LCD monitor, 3 in 1 HP deskjet
iMac configured with similar features;
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB Serial ATA, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB Dedicated, Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11 b/g), wireless mouse & keyboard, OS X Leopard, 24" flat LCD monitor, 3 in1 HP deskjet, EyeTV TV tuner and PVR software, Roxio Toast software
$2900 (including TV tuner/DVD production software and printer not included with iMac
PC bundle at BestBuy for $1400;
Intel® Core(TM)2 Quad, 2.66GHz, 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM Expandable To 8GB, 1TB Serial ATA (7200 rpm), NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB dedicated, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), TV Tuner, Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11 b/g), wireless mouse & keyboard, Vista Premium, 22" Flat LCD monitor, 3 in 1 HP deskjet
iMac configured with similar features;
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB Serial ATA, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB Dedicated, Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11 b/g), wireless mouse & keyboard, OS X Leopard, 24" flat LCD monitor, 3 in1 HP deskjet, EyeTV TV tuner and PVR software, Roxio Toast software
$2900 (including TV tuner/DVD production software and printer not included with iMac