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2008-10-23 18:45:31

jj

Well let’s see.

True, the iMac isn’t a mess to have on your desk.

False, the iMac costs under $1200.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB323LL-20-inch-Desktop-SuperDrive/dp/B000X3GTMM/

False, the iMac is capable of running most popular high-end 3D games.
http://www.apple.com/games/

There, I decided.

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2008-10-24 23:32:26

Lord_Unseen

Dell:
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E7200 (3MB L2, 2.53GHz, 1066 FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Monitor
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
500GB1 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty,2 InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis3
Price: $899 BEFORE savings…

Apple:
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory
250GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory
Price: $1,199.00 no savings…
Any questions?
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspndt_530?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~64bit_pcs_2~~
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac

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2008-10-26 05:29:43

Aibek

I’d go with Dell on that one

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2008-10-24 17:53:05

Scott Beckstead

Might be funny if it were even close to being true. Hasn’t been for quite a while the price on the Mac is wrong and I have that game running on my Mac. Get over it WinFanBoi!

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2008-10-24 18:30:23

Aibek

The price IS wrong, but the real one is still double of Dell’s.

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2008-10-27 10:26:25

Scott Beckstead

Yeah on that, try walking into a store at your local mall with the Dell and getting it fixed or even just asking a question of tech support. Oh and half the features of the Mac are still wrong. Compare apples to apples people or don’t p;ay!

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2008-10-29 00:07:27

Jonathan Bennett

There’s no question that Macs are more expensive than normal PCs, but they’re worth it to some. Speaking of Dell support, I bought four laptops a few years ago. All of them still work fine and Dell’s (Indian) support has been mostly helpful the few times I have contacted them.

WinFanBoi? Are we twelve?

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2008-10-30 03:31:55

xsjado

lol at the vitriol coming from all the apple fans accusing the pc fans of being fans. Its absofuckinglutely hilarious.

You should also check your facts, Macs can play (a relatively limited selection of) games but in order to have the power to play those games at decent settings you need to shell out for the $2200 iMac or better. Even then you only get an 8800GS, 2GB of RAM and a dual core processor.

By comparison, the low end computer from Alienware (and these guys are overpriced as far as PCs go) costs only $1300 and as a 9800GT, 4GB RAM and a quadcore processor. So don’t spout any crap about gaming.

As far as I’m concerned Macs are excellent products, if they weren’t priced out of the mainstream then I’d have a hard choice deciding between them and a PC. They know they can’t do that though because it would break the magic. If anyone can afford a Mac then what’s so special about it? For most people’s purposes Linux would be more than enough so why pay a premium on top of windows when you are only going to be using a comparable feature set. If Macs were priced the same as PCs they’d fail because without the prestige, the only reason to buy one is if you are a professional who needs it to run particular applications which are Mac only.

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