well boys and girls i see the platform wars haven't stopped.
most of you should know i'm a diehard apple fan.
true macs are more expensive but as many people like to say "you get what you pay for"
but i just came from
www.macrumors.com and basiclly if the G5 processor is going to be either an IBM based on the Power4 (can you say fucking sweet) or from the motorola 8500 series (just creamed in my shorts). you can all imagine what the production cost of the mac is actually like, so that should give you an idea of why apple machines cost so much.
and about the low-end apple machines you can still get the original iMac style for $799.
and the tank commercial was actually true, when the 1st generation of G4's were released the US government put a complete export ban on them for roughly 3 months because of sensitive cyptology.