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Originally posted by Hooper
I'm an apple maniac now.. but a single processor, single ide drive and 256 megs of ram for 3k? thats really really overpriced.
i just built a dell on dell.com that is equivalent to that and it came out to $1700 with tax and a next day onsite service plan (which i dont need.. so i assume i could build a similar server elsewhere for a few hundred bucks less).
Apple's problem has always been expensive hardware.
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Yeah I *Hate* apple for their prices. They make these really kick ass looking machines, and now have an OS that allows for a unix environment AND Adobe/Macromedia products -- but they shut me out with the pricing.
I mean I can afford to buy them -- I just wont. I'd feel like I was taken advantage of or something. It's ridiculous when you compare Apples to PC's. Especially on the server front.
And they rub it in when you go to upgrade your system in their store -- they should be damn happy and apprciative your buying standard ram/hd & other stuff from THEM rather than a 3rd party
But noooo they wanna rub it in that your getting burned by trying to charge you 25%-100% more for these upgrades than the average price in the real world.
But don't get me wrong.. if you have money to BURN & don't feel bad when you knowingly pay too much for things --
then by all means
switch (really).