I think price is not really issue at the mo (surely peripherals are so cheap that building your own is probably cheaper!?)
Mac's are nice machines.... to look at (IMHO, so don’t bother with your Mac-o-lite rants :-) No matter how much it moves on though, an iMac not only looks stoopid, but it has no floppy drive (yes, we still need them!)... >> I priced up the same configuration on an iMac I'm intrigued.... Was it running Windows :-)? -----Original Message----- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 August 2002 19:14 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: X-server? On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 09:46 , <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple may be getting more competitive, but I still think an Intel solution > can be deployed cheaper than an Apple solution. I priced up a new high-end Wintel desktop for my wife. A Dell at $4,300 including software and peripherals. Our of curiosity, I priced up the same configuration on an iMac and it was $3,500. (17" flat screen, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb HD (I think), Zip Drive, MS Office, etc). $800 is a big saving... "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
