At 8:11 AM -0800 1/13/05, Kon Wilms wrote: >Ah, too fast! > >I went over to Dell's site and configured a Dimension 2400 with 80Gb >drive , 17" monitor, speakers, keyboard, optical mouse for $444. > >Then I configured the same system but with a dual layer dvd burner for >$469 at HP's site. Unfortunately I had to go down on the hard drive to a >40Gb'er to keep it under $509. However, space for AV software and >whatnot if so desired. > >But this is all the Microsoft tax. So I picked out a $498 laptop at the >Lindows site. > >Still feeling cheap, as a last resort for the budget I cruised WalMart's >PC section in the $100-200 price range and picked out a 1.5Ghz AMD with >keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc - $188. > >Now we all know you cannot run OSX in 256Mb of ram - adding an extra >256Mb ram, a keyboard and mouse, and some sort of warranty bumped the >price to $781. > >Imagine the PC I could buy with that! Uhhhh. A PC that might match the capabilities of the $499 Mac Mini? Does your cheap PCs have Firewire? Does it have the equivalent of an ATI Radion 9200 with 32 MB of graphics ram? Does it have a DVI output? Does it include a modem? Does it include 10/100Mbps Ethernet? How much does it cost to add Bluetooth or an 802.11G Wifi card? Sorry Kon, but you are not comparing Apples and PCs. And even if you can buy a PC with the same capabilities (including iLife wannabees) for the same price or slightly less what do you have? A cheap PC. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.