How much did you spend on your MacPro so far?

[AppleWorking]

I was a little curious about what I paid out so far for my 2009 MacPro. Usually, I just make a rough estimate and close my eyes to the rest. :eek::o This time I detailed it out. I was wondering what others paid for their setups after they were done with their modifications...


$3,237.47 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$2,157.49 (Apple screwed up on my first order so this is the price I received including tax and ship.)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
3GB (3x1GB)
640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE
Country Kit Mac Pro

2x 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS hard drives $132.99

Crucial 8GB kit (2GBx4) for Apple Mac Pro $141.99

X25-M SSD 80GB $240.00 (Gen 1 purchased a few months ago.)

X25-M SSD 160GB $480.00 (Gen 1 purchased a few months ago.)

2.5" To 3.5" Icy Dock $25.00 (I fabricated my own Al bracket for the SDD in my optical.)

GeForce GTX285 for Mac 1024 MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card $60.00 (This price is because a relative works for the company.) :cool:

[IronFixXxeR]

$3,764.94 Spent from the online Apple Store (lol shipping was $286.94)

Processor: One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
Memory: 8GB (4X2GB)
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Hard Drive Bay1: 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
Optical Drive: One 18x SuperDrive
Mini Display Port Adapter2: Apple Display DVI Adapter
Apple Mighty Mouse + Keyboard

1x WD Black 1TB HDD: $103.98 with 1 day shipping from Amazon Prime
1x WD Black 1TB HDD: $99.98 with 1 day shipping from Amazon Prime
1x Airport Extreme: $50~ from local Apple Store (sigh... didn't think I would actually need this)

Total: $4018.09

AAAAAND soon... GTX 285 Mac Edition: $60 (When AppleWorking gives me his paypal info to work out a deal! ^_^)

[bozz2006]

shipping was $286? Don't they usually ship them for free?

[JamesGorman]

shipping was $286? Don't they usually ship them for free?

Could have chosen a faster shipping option.

[bozz2006]

Yikes. I wouldn't pay $286 for Steve Jobs to hand deliver it.

[Roy]

See signature.

Probably slightly under $6K right now. :apple::):apple:

Great machine for surfing the Internet and checking my e-mail.:)

[JamesGorman]

Yikes. I wouldn't pay $286 for Steve Jobs to hand deliver it.

Id pay $5000 for steve to hand deliver it. That would make an awesome facebook pic:p hahaha.. Really though, I'd kidnap him and pick his brain.

[Genghis Khan]

Mac Pro
- 2.8GHz Octo refurb
: AU$3,400

Apple 8800GT
: AU$370

Apple Wireless Card
: AU$35

3rd Party RAM
- 4 x 2GB ECC DDR2 800MHz
: AU$240

HDD's
- 320GB
- 640GB
: AU$165

Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
: AU$210


= AU$4,420


On the upgrade list still to come...
- 24" ACD
- 2 more sticks of RAM (to fill all RAM slots)
- GTX285
- Blu-Ray reader/writer
- SSD Boot Drive

Although, that'll probably be over the next 12-18 months.........

[JPamplin]

2006 pro with Apple 23" LCD and 4 drives + iSight - 1000 us

2 Xeon 5355 quad cores 620 less 200 to sell the 5150s - 420 us

upgrade the 4gb RAM to 8 - 140

ati 3870 with Accelero cooler - 250

iSight mount for 23" - 40 (darnit, had no choice)

Total: $1,850 US

I know, that's not typical for an Octo-core Pro with all the trimmings. I'm lucky to have been at the right place when a corporate fire sale occurred. Worth every penny so far, although it's not my primary machine.

JP

[sejanus]

I'm around the 10k mark. it's a ripoff but i need it for work.

[Tesselator]

I was a little curious about what I paid out so far for my 2009 MacPro. Usually, I just make a rough estimate and close my eyes to the rest. :eek::o This time I detailed it out. I was wondering what others paid for their setups after they were done with their modifications...


$3,244.47 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.

Hmm, all together I'm under $3,600

That's for the original 2006 2.66 Quad, the upgrade to 8-cores, the addition of 10GB RAM (making 12GB total), 8 HDDs (totaling 8TB total), two G5 gaming mice, and two 24" wide TN LCDs by LG.

If I count my audio interfaces, MIDI keyboards & control surfaces, drawing tablets, and etc. etc. then it's much more than that though.

[Bennieboy©]

See signature.

Probably slightly under $6K right now. :apple::):apple:

Great machine for surfing the Internet and checking my e-mail.:)

sorry but 6K for surfing and email :O ouch lmao

[UltraNEO*]

How much? Umm.. Never actually calculated but if you like to do the sums here's the list of hardware so far.

Hardware: (unit prices)
Some items are purchased at various locations..

1x 2008 MacPro Octo-Core 3.2Ghz (refurb) @ £2390
2x Apple Wireless Keyboard @ ￥9.990
1x Nvidia 8800GT upgrade (still boxed) @ ￥32,000
1x AppleCare @ £195

1x ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB @ £160
2x Buffalo Technologies 8Gb Kit (2Gbx2) @ ￥42,000
2x Crucial Memory 16Gb Kit (4GBx2) @ £181.69 (trade price)

1x CalDigit RadiCard with Battery Backup @ £480.79 (special offer)
4x WD Black 1TB WD1001FALS @ 2x　£72 (trade price) / 2x ￥11,400
4x WD RE3 1TB WD1002FBYS @ £148 (trade price)
2x WD VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000HLFS 300Gb @ £148 (trade price)
1x Panasonic 8X BluRay Burner @ ￥39,000
1x iPass - SATA Breakout Cable @ £5

1x Wacom Cintiq 21ux @ ￥299,000
1x Apple Cinema Display 30" @ ￥229,800
2x Dell UltraSharp 3008 WEP 30" x2 @ £1022 (trade price)
1x ProTool 003+ Rack @ £931
3x Ergotron VESA mounts @ £56

1x Pelican Case (http://www.casesbypelican.com/apple-g5-1690.htm) for MP & ACD @ $695


three to four months, two flights and six to seven projects later, I'm in profit :)

[Roy]

sorry but 6K for surfing and email :O ouch lmao

I know what you mean, but I definitely look so handsome and intellectual sitting in front of my Mac Pro. :)

[pastrychef]

Here are a list of stuff that I've purchased for my Mac Pro. However, I really don't remember what I paid for all this stuff (probably a good thing... Ignorance is bliss)...

8 sticks of A-Data 2GB RAM
4 x 1TB Seagate hard drives
1 x Pioneer DVR-116D (the original Optiarc died)
1 x Optiarc AD-7191S (got this instead of Pioneer because it supports Lightscribe)
1 x Airport card
1 x EVGA 8800GT (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x EVGA 8800GTS (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x XFX 4870 1GB (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition
1 x IR receiver from MacBook Pro (so that I can use an Apple Remote with my Mac Pro)
1 x Tactile Pro Keyboard
1 x Wireless Mighty Mouse

The following, I already had left over from my previous Mac Pro or are shared among several of my Macs:

Dell 3007WFP-HC monitor
Wacom Intuos2 9x12 tablet
Samsung CLX-3175fn colour laser
SoundMatters Mainstage speaker system
Linksys NSS4000 NAS w/ 4 x 1TB Seagate hard drives
Drobo w/ 4 x 1.5TB Seagate hard drives

[mkaake]

Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...

[Roy]

Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...


You definitely should be happy.

[drummerlondonw3]

I know what you mean, but I definitely look so handsome and intellectual sitting in front of my Mac Pro. :)

Are you joking?? :) :eek:

[Roy]

Are you joking?? :) :eek:


No! Do you need a picture to be able to figure out if I look "great" sitting next to my Mac Pro?

[bozz2006]

pix or ur lyin!!!!!1111oneoneoneone lawlzerz

[ChemiosMurphy]

$2799 : 1x Mac Pro Stock Octo 2.8

$25 : 1x eSata Adapter
$20 : 1x IDE to SATA bridge
$220 : 1x LG Blu-Ray Burner
$1000 : 1x Matrox MXO
$400 : 2x Acer LCD's
$600 : 1x Dell 2408
$130? : 1x 2nd ATi 2600
$280 : 4x WD 640 GB HDD
$200 : 2x WD 750 GB HDD
$140 : 2x Rosewill eSata/FW800/400/USB enclosure
$300 : FCS3
$150 : Natress Color-Plugins
$150 : AV40 Speakers
$140: 4GB Extra Ram

Total: $6554

[kellen]

Don't know the real calculation, but here goes:

2.8 x 8 mac pro EOL 1799
23" ACD 150
8GB ram 150
23" ACD 400
2 x desk arms for mounts 100

Had the HD's from an old setup. Along with most other things.

However I did buy 4 EOL mac pros from Apple and one quad off of here, so I made nearly 2000 off reselling them, so it was free to me.

[JPamplin]

Don't know the real calculation, but here goes:

2.8 x 8 mac pro EOL 1799
23" ACD 150
8GB ram 150
23" ACD 400
2 x desk arms for mounts 100

Had the HD's from an old setup. Along with most other things.

However I did buy 4 EOL mac pros from Apple and one quad off of here, so I made nearly 2000 off reselling them, so it was free to me.

Sweet prices! Get that from the Apple Store or a retail location?

[Eithanius]

Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...

If that's how you put it, then I've just spent nil for my Mac Pro Nehalem, which was an AppleCare replacement of my Mac Pro Clovertown...? :D The rest of my stuff are basically carried over from what's left over of my Mac Pro parts and peripherals.

I'll post around once I get my 12GB RAM and AppleCare... and that's when this thread's still alive of course.... :p

CORRECTION:

-$86 = Sold 4GB (2x2GB) FB-DIMM RAM from my Old Mac Pro
$86 = Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB

Still comes around nil for my new Mac Pro.

[kellen]

Sweet prices! Get that from the Apple Store or a retail location?

The End of Life Mac Pros were 1799 each for business customers.

The 23" ACD I bought after I bought 3 or 4 of the EOLs and sold them for a profit, only to wish I would have kept one. I bought a package of a quad 2.8 plus 23" ACD off here for 2,000. One day after I bought it, I found another EOL mac pro for 1799 in Kansas. Bought that one, had to sell the quad. I took the wireless, second DVD drive and some ram out of the quad, sold it for 1850. So for $150 I got another DVD burner, 2GB more of ram, 23" ACD and a wireless card for my 2.8x8.

Then I just got ram from OWC and another 23" off of craigslist. But to find a 23" on craigslist for 400 took me nearly 2 months. Most people wanted 500 minimum for non perfect units with no box, it was closer to 600.

Slowly I built a great machine I think for cheap.

[gugucom]

1400€ initial purchase as a 2,66 QUAD with 6 GB RAM and X1900XT
130€ net RAM upgrade to 12 GB (4x1GB, 4x2GB)
0€ net trading x1900XT vs 3870 Mac&PC Edition on Ebay
19€ upgrade 3870 to AKASA 2-slot fan
18€ second PCIe power cable
90€ Blu-Ray Combo drive incl. player SW
45€ MS Vista Business 64-Bit System Builder Edition (Ebay)
130€ 1TB WD Caviar Green
300€ net trading pair of X5365 Xeons 3,0 GHz for X5150 on Ebay
310€ 2x 64 GB Supertalent ME SSDs for OS X boot and apps drive
390€ 2x 80 GB Intel X25 2Gen SSDs for OS X shifting the Supertalents to Vista
================================================
2837€

I also have a 2TB Time Capsule (500€) for Backup
and an external Firewire FireDTV DVB-S2 receiver with EyeTV 3.1.2 and Alphacypt CAM for SKY (330€)
but those units also serve my MBP
for TV and movie viewing I have a Samsung LE46-A956 , a 46" local dimming LED backlit HDTV (1990€)

What can I say. This thing is really fast now. The SSDs were pure luxury but I love the snappyness of the apps. But it matches the TV now which is awesome. With my SKy subscription I can record 50-60 GB of quality movies a week which is worth keeping. Its mostly in EyeTV transport stream format based on mpeg-2 and h.264 as it comes down from the satellite. Not much sense to convert the stuff. I have a bunch of old 250 GB HDDs and when my 1TB movie disk get filled I grab 250 GB of the stuff I don't watch often and fill another of those HDDs for the cupboard.

[GoKyu]

The computer and most of these accessories were purchased in January 2008, and this is the first Mac (but won't be the last!) that I've ever owned.

Early 2008 Mac Pro 8 core ......................... $2676 (incl. tax)
Applecare for Mac Pro ............................... $120 (CompUSA clearance)
Samsung 24" Syncmaster 245BW .............. $375 (CompUSA)
Bose Companion 5 Speakers ..................... $250 (CompUSA)
3 320 gig Western Digital hard drives ......... $175 (CompUSA)
12 gigs of OWC RAM (over 12 months) ....... $540
2 Region-free DVD burners (HP & Sony) ..... $0 (ripped from my PC)
NVIDIA GT 120 512 Graphics card ............. $137
Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard (pre-order). $30

Total ..................................................... $4,303

That's a lot to spend for not using this machine professionally, but I'll tell you - Other than a minor issue with my Bose & Garage Band in the first month or two, I have had ZERO trouble with this computer.

I can't say that about *ANY* PC I've ever owned. It just goes to show that you (more often than not) DO get what you pay for. The extra RAM is for the 64 bit version of Photoshop when it's released :) (At least Lightroom is taking advantage of the extra RAM now, and Snow Leopard will make good use of it too.)

[NOD]

Jeez, I don't know that I can remember exactly what I paid for all the components:

Originally got an early 2008 8-core 2.8 Mac Pro w/ the 8800GT, along w/ Applecare. I don't remember how much it ended up costing

Since then, for kvm:

Dual Gateway FHD2400 monitors -- 700 or so?
Logitech Dinovo Edge kb -- 120
Mouse -- Kensington -- 50?

In terms of internal additions:

16GB of aftermarket RAM from OWC -- $500
A 2nd 8800GT video card (for a 42-inch 1080p TV I already owned) -- 280
4 internal 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1's -- about 500
LG GGW H20L Blu-ray/HDDVD drive w/ mac pro kit -- 220
dual eSATA PCI card -- 70

Peripherals:
dual 1.5TB Seagate HDD's inside Antec eSATA enclosures -- 350
Drobo w/ 6TB worth of 1.5TB Seagate drives -- 870

SO, $2800 on top of the 3k or so I paid for the thing.

Jeebus :(

Then again, not too bad for 13TB of storage, blu-ray capability, and the ability to drive 3 1080p monitors. And the sound system I have it working in cost more than that anyway. :D

[CaptainChunk]

This isn't including tax/shipping because I'm too lazy to look it up again:


2008 Mac Pro 8-core 2.8GHz, stock config: $1,899.00 - EOL Business Discount :cool:
3-year AppleCare: $249.00
Trans Int'l 8GB (4x2GB) Mac Pro memory kit: $172.00
(2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA hard drives: $179.98
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac graphics card: $279.00
Airport Extreme Card: $49.00
(2) HP LP2475w LCD displays: $1,100.00
M-Audio Studiophile AV40 speakers: $149.99


TOTAL: $4,076.98

I could be leaving a couple of things out, but that's in the ballpark.

[AZREOSpecialist]

Here's what I spent on my 2009 Quad:

$2,299: Mac Pro Quad 2.66 GHz stock w/ edu discount
$1,000: Core i7 975 Extreme 3.33 GHz CPU
$..610: 16 GB RAM
$..600: 3 x Western Digital RE3 1 TB enterprise RAID drives
$..300: RocketRAID 4320 16x PCI card
$..450: EVGA GTX 285 Graphics
$..250: Misc. cables, connectors, backplane modifications
______
$5,509 TOTAL

Conservatively I am expecting to get $500 back on my current PowerMac G5, $200 back on my replaced CPU, and $50 for my GT120 through eBay. That will potentially lower the net upgrade cost to $4,759.

I would compare this to a similarly equipped system from Apple, but you can't build one! The closest will cost $4,815 w/ edu discount (after crediting $50 for re-selling the GT120 graphics card which was replaced by the GTX 285) but will only have 8 GB RAM, 2.93 GHz CPU, and the Apple RAID card which is only half as fast as the RocketRAID 4320. My total net cost will be lower and have a 12% faster CPU, 8 GB additional RAM (16 GB total), and a RAID card that is twice as fast as the Apple model. I would say that's a pretty good deal overall.

[noushy]

Humm, more than I should have would be a good answer. Basically configured a BTO Mac Pro 2009

Mac Pro 2.93 dual processor
6GB 1066 Ram stock
1TB WD Black Drive stock
Radeon 4870 Video
Airport Extreme
Apple Raid Card
AppleCare
Total Purchase Information $7,198.00 (less nice discount)
Tax 6% $431.92
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12GB Ram Upgrade OWC $400
4 x Seagate 450GB 15k Cheetah ($2500 retail, paid $1200)
Areca 1680ix 16 port $950
ProAvio 8 bay SAS chassis $600
WD 2TB WD20EADS x 8 ($2000)
2 x 1m SAS cables $100
Microsoft BT mouse $60
EVGA 285 GTX $420
MaxUpgrade 2.5 Sleds x 4 (velociraptors not being used) $200
MaxUpgrade internal Sleds x 4 to 3rd party raid $200

Had
Altec Lansing speakers
Apple 30 ACD
APC SU1500

And god only knows what else is sitting around now. Apple Raid Card not being used, Apple Radeon 4870 not being used. Various other lesser cards (Highpoint 4322, etc.). Thank God I have a 2008 Mac Pro where I will probably dump some of this stuff too.

Peace,
Noushy

[cbster]

...Apple Radeon 4870 not being used...

Want to let it go?

[AppleWorking]

AAAAAND soon... GTX 285 Mac Edition: $60 (When AppleWorking gives me his paypal info to work out a deal! ^_^)

:D:p

[scoobs69]

So far:

2.66Ghz Quad - $2,207
NEC 2690 with puck - $1,290
12GB of ram (OWC) - $500
2 1TB WB Black Caviar SATA - $240

total to date: $4,237

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Id pay $5000 for steve to hand deliver it. That would make an awesome facebook pic:p hahaha.. Really though, I'd kidnap him and pick his brain.

No no no. You kidnap him for a ridiculous ransom, then pick his brain when someone says "We do not negotiate with terrorists."

I don't have a Mac Pro right now, but I've assembled a list of what I will get if I can get a job next year:

1x eight-core 2.93 GHz Mac Pro.

The largest amount of RAM to support tri-channel.

4x 1 TB (maybe 2 TB) HDDs. If I can find a RAID card, they'll be put in RAID 10.

4x nVidia GT120.

3x, eventually 7x Dell 2408WFP.

FCS, Logic Studio, Cinema 4D.

Kick-ass 7.1 channel surround sound; Harman/Kardon receiver and Onkyo speakers.

Total should be right around $12,000. :cool: I think. That's like best-case-scenario, however; if I do get a job, it'll probably be minimum wage. (RAM and HDDs not from Apple.)

I do have a PM G4, though, which has had about $35 spent on it so far.

[scoobs69]

Why Onkyo speakers? ...how about Paradigm Signature s6? :D

No no no. You kidnap him for a ridiculous ransom, then pick his brain when someone says "We do not negotiate with terrorists."

I don't have a Mac Pro right now, but I've assembled a list of what I will get if I can get a job next year:

1x eight-core 2.93 GHz Mac Pro.

The largest amount of RAM to support tri-channel.

4x 1 TB (maybe 2 TB) HDDs. If I can find a RAID card, they'll be put in RAID 10.

4x nVidia GT120.

3x, eventually 7x Dell 2408WFP.

FCS, Logic Studio, Cinema 4D.

Kick-ass 7.1 channel surround sound; Harman/Kardon receiver and Onkyo speakers.

Total should be right around $12,000. :cool: I think. That's like best-case-scenario, however; if I do get a job, it'll probably be minimum wage. (RAM and HDDs not from Apple.)

I do have a PM G4, though, which has had about $35 spent on it so far.

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Why Onkyo speakers? ...how about Paradigm Signature s6? :D

I've read quite a bit about Onkyo and it sounds like they're a good choice. I see Paradigm has some nifty stuff, too. And the name sounds better.

EDIT: Read about some updates to Onkyo receivers, and now I'd be going for, rather than a Harman/Kardon, the Onkyo TH-NR807.

[jjahshik32]

I've read quite a bit about Onkyo and it sounds like they're a good choice. I see Paradigm has some nifty stuff, too. And the name sounds better.

EDIT: Read about some updates to Onkyo receivers, and now I'd be going for, rather than a Harman/Kardon, the Onkyo TH-NR807.

Just get a pair of B&W 800D with a pair of Mcintosh MC501 and be done with it for the rest of your life. :)

[NOD]

Onkyo speakers are terrible by anything other than the crap-filled HTiB market.

For HTiB speakers, they're ok.

Onkyo makes the best feature-for-pricepoint rcvrs in the market right now.

But their speakers and subs are crap.

[maghemi]

I really wish I hadn't just totaled that up. It's shocked me a little bit

The specs and parts breakdown are as follows

Refurb '07 Dual Quad Core 3.0 - AU$2749
Two Dell 24" screens - AU$900
3 1tb WD green drive - AU$375
1 150gb Velociraptor - AU$225
6 2gb 667 Ram modules - AU$489
Logitech S530 KB/Mouse - AU$120
ATI 4870 - AU$200
Bluetooth module - AU$30
Wireless Module - AU$30
Applecare - $AU229

Total - AU$5348 or at current exchange rates US$6407

[spillproof]

15" MBP 2.4 GHz, 4GB ram, 250GB HHD @5400rmpMini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
Apple Remote
$200 Apple Student discount......$2,217.33 Apple Phone Order
Wireless Mighty Mouse.......................$73.49 Apple store

Office 2008 for Mac...........................$66.03 School student discount

Incase 15" Hardshell Case (http://store.apple.com/us/product/TV326ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2Ng&mco=NDEzMDY5MQ)..................$49.95 Apple.com

Belkin Sling Bag (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=375643)................................$31.95 On sale @BransMart USA Total: $2,438.75 USD

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Just get a pair of B&W 800D with a pair of Mcintosh MC501 and be done with it for the rest of your life. :)

I just took a look at the B&W 803D. It weighs 98 lbs.

[alam]

The mac pro 2670$, extra rams 150$, extra & bigger hdd 300$, gtx 285 mac eddition 490$, 5.1 channel speakers 150$, Samsung 32 6 series 999$, wow total is about 4760$!!!!!
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