>> > --okay.. catching this thread kinda late.. But if you went through all > that trouble to make a winblows box look mac, why not just buy a mac? > > --just my $0.02 > -nathan
I must answer this with all my little heart. I have been a loyal apple fan since the Apple II. However I can with my SUPER tight budget build a souped up pc far cheaper then a Mac. My pc: AMD Athlon 2700xp 2.15GHZ ASUS A7v600 mother board with 6 pci, 8 usb, built on sound and all the other bells. 512MB Ram 80GB SATA drive and 120GB USB2 drive and 2 SCSI drives too 5.1 SoundBlaster live card Dual monitor card and so so so much more. Cost around $1000, custom made will top the $2000 name brand pc's! I wish I had Mac Dual 2.5GHZ G5 tower standard config, $3000 no monitor Do your math! My pc in speed equals a G4 at 1.25GHZ that�s just fine for me but I have tons of PCI slots to add I/O card and sound card since I do audio work. You give me the $5000 it would cost me to do a mac and I will be glad to buy one! Cheap iMac's don�t cut it with this power user. Plus and again, not all software it available for Mac, but I do expect this to change. I think OS X is doing better then windows, if the Mac could have a chance, apple will have no choice to allow other to make Macs. I feel Macs will take over one day and be the primary computer of choice, until then I need a pc too and they are cheaper, and when I built mine I bought the best of the best hard ware. I cheaped no where. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
