PoserPC vs Intel - "bang for your buck"

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I haven't tried this my self but this may be of interest while shopping 
for a new machine.

http://www.macopz.com/buildamac/


On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 10:46 AM, Markus Deistler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 06:19, Tony K. wrote:
>
>> buck".  Although Apple makes great products, I would rather spend $500
>> to run a standalone Linux box than spend $1699 to run a comparable PPC
>> Linux and MacOSX desktop.  The "dollar/performance" benchmark would 
>> blow
>> PPC out of the water.  There is also more Intel based Linux
>
> Hmmh, not really, if I buy a PC with a service contract that match
> anything that Apple offers I have to pay 500 EUR (1 EUR is roughly 1 $
> now) for the machine and 1000 Euro for the service contract at least in
> Europe. Where is the difference? If I have to expand/reconfigure my
> PC-hardware I need good nerves, sometimes a set of screwdrivers and a
> first aid kit (because sometimes a PC-case is the hell). I call that
> costs.
>
> Beside that I usually buy a license of Windoze together with a PC, so I
> help MS expanding it monopoly and introducing TCPA-Palladium-PCs which
> might finish any kind of Open Source/not MS-certified Software on PCs,
> that's really expensive then ...;
>
> Markus
>
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