[muglo] Re: Cheap PCs
- From: "Joe McGuire" <theguy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:51:30 -0400
Cheap indeed. It should go without saying, however, that it is total
crap. Integrated graphics sharing the system RAM, integrated sound and
nic, probably a TTX monitor. Lexmark *shudder* Also makes me wonder if
any of it is refurbed. I can't even begin to guess how many MDG's I had
come through the shop when I was still running one.
That being said, I recently had to price out a number of machines for
work using brand name components. The price floored me, it was so cheap!
Here goes:
AMD 1800+
Asus KT333 mobo
1x512MB DDR DIMM
Maxtor 20GB
ATi 32MB Vid
3Com NIC
Integrated sound (who needs good sound on an office computer?)
Samsung 17" monitor
XP Pro (not home, like the MDG)
KB, Mouse
NO printer (networked, afterall)
Roughly $1,500 + tax
Egads. The eMac may come close, but it certainly isn't as well equipped.
Joe McGuire aka tinfoil
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-----Original Message-----
From: muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Eric D.
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:03 PM
To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [muglo] Cheap PCs
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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