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Originally posted by Digipimp
Can you tell me offhand Tony, how much is the cheapest mac system out there?
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apple.com - $1500 for a g4 1ghz.
when getting something i don't really know if i'll be liking enough to use though, and not knowing if i'll be happy with the performance, why spend more on a base model than i could spend on a top-line PC that i know will do what i want.
i'm not bashing macs... i think they're fine equipment, it's just the pricing makes me not really want to get into one just to try it out. plus, the concern about a single-proc 3.06 HT p4 is beating out a dual g4 1.25 in real-world photoshop (and similar) tests is rather disconcerting.
if their pricing became more competitive and/or their performance fell more inline with their pricing, i'd buy 3.
i'm very impressed so far with what i've learned about OSX.. it seems to be very much a FreeBSD knock-off that's a little more friendly and can run adobe & macromedia projects. hell, you can even install X11 on it. i think mac laptops are very top-notch, and are probably a lot closer to competitive pricing for what you get than the desktops. their laptop design is extremely impressive.