[muglo] Re: Cheap PCs
- From: Eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Muglo@Freelists. Org" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:45:37 -0400
Agreed. Maybe even scarier is the refurbished pricing and PC peripherals at
www.factorydirect.ca I understand there's even be outlet in London
>
> I can see a pretty compelling argument for Winblows PCs in some conditions.
>
> I saw a MDG (reasonably well known Canadian clone maker) 2.4 GHz PIV, 256 MB
> no-name DDR RAM, 40 GB HD, 17" monitor (el cheapo), Lexmark
> scanner/copier/printer, NIC, router, Windows XP for $900 CDN all inclusive!
>
> You can't get a 1.5 GHz G4 Mac (roughly comparable speed-wise) for that
> price *anywhere* (or, at that speed, for that matter).
>
> Speed-wise Apple is on the losing end of the stick at the moment. Only with
> its dual-processors can it compete, and even then you pay an extreme
> premium.
>
> For raw CPU power I see absolutely no reason to buy Apple -- the only major
> draw Apple has is OS X. If Apple hadn't gone OS X we'd be in the same boat
> as Amiga users were in the early 90s and would have to (grudgingly) live in
> the Windows world!
>
> Eric.
>
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