OK. So MWNY wasn't too exciting.
But I want to buy a games machine. I do web design and graphics, but I figure that software is on the PC too.
So I go to the Apple store and I figure the iMac isn't for me. A Rage 128 is a joke (and I'm with TechTV - I wanted paisley). Besides, I need a bigger monitor.
So the only option from Apple is a tower.
Cool. So how much? I'm on a budget so I'll start with the low end 733Mhz. I check the pop up menus. I notice it has a slow (5400rpm) 40GB HD. Can you use iMovie on this thing? Anyway, 733Mhz. No modem (got ADSL hehe). No speakers (okay, one redundant built-in but I've got my own anyway). Only 128MB RAM as Apple charge too much (I'll get it somewhere cheaper later). This box has no DVD, just CD-R.
The only thing I'm going to put in it is an nVidia 3 card (instead of the nVidia 2). I want this thing to keep up for two or three years...
So how much you ask?
$4,682.26
Sounds a lot in Aussie dollars doesn't it? It is. (Halve it for US dollars).
If I want an Apple 17" monitor with that (AU$2300):
Total: AU$6982.26
A bit out of my budget for a low end Mac tower. Anyone know what type of PC I can get for that?
I do.
Australia's Gateway web page lists for AU$3673.50 the following: 1.4Ghz P4 (roughly the same as a 733Mhz G3 I guess...heh), 128MB RAM (just to keep them similar), 40GB (fast) HD, floppy drive (I don't know what they do but I'm keen to find out
), DVD (no CD-R option - damn! hehe), sound card, speakers and an nVidia GF3.
Oh, that includes a 19" monitor too.
Hmmmm.
AU$4,682.26 with no monitor.
AU$3673.50 with 19" monitor.
Even if I had the money for the LCD, I could get two of the Gateways (+ 2 x 19" monitors) for the same total.
Just thought I'd point that out. Someone tell Apple....
But I want to buy a games machine. I do web design and graphics, but I figure that software is on the PC too.
So I go to the Apple store and I figure the iMac isn't for me. A Rage 128 is a joke (and I'm with TechTV - I wanted paisley). Besides, I need a bigger monitor.
So the only option from Apple is a tower.
Cool. So how much? I'm on a budget so I'll start with the low end 733Mhz. I check the pop up menus. I notice it has a slow (5400rpm) 40GB HD. Can you use iMovie on this thing? Anyway, 733Mhz. No modem (got ADSL hehe). No speakers (okay, one redundant built-in but I've got my own anyway). Only 128MB RAM as Apple charge too much (I'll get it somewhere cheaper later). This box has no DVD, just CD-R.
The only thing I'm going to put in it is an nVidia 3 card (instead of the nVidia 2). I want this thing to keep up for two or three years...
So how much you ask?
$4,682.26
Sounds a lot in Aussie dollars doesn't it? It is. (Halve it for US dollars).
If I want an Apple 17" monitor with that (AU$2300):
Total: AU$6982.26
A bit out of my budget for a low end Mac tower. Anyone know what type of PC I can get for that?
I do.
Australia's Gateway web page lists for AU$3673.50 the following: 1.4Ghz P4 (roughly the same as a 733Mhz G3 I guess...heh), 128MB RAM (just to keep them similar), 40GB (fast) HD, floppy drive (I don't know what they do but I'm keen to find out
Oh, that includes a 19" monitor too.
Hmmmm.
AU$4,682.26 with no monitor.
AU$3673.50 with 19" monitor.
Even if I had the money for the LCD, I could get two of the Gateways (+ 2 x 19" monitors) for the same total.
Just thought I'd point that out. Someone tell Apple....