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Dual 1Ghz G4 PowerMac With Extra Yummy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sign-me-up dept.

A huge number of readers submitted the new Dual Ghz Power Mac that Apple has announced. Includes a Geforce 4 and assorted other bells and whistles that will ring and blow for the Mac Junkie. They start at $3k and seriously make me want a Mac.

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  1. I still wish I could build my own Mac compatible by Maul · · Score: 3, Redundant
    While this new system seems totally awesome, I think
    the reason why I don't have a Macintosh is because I
    can't build one.


    I wish that I could go to the store, buy the components, and put one together myself, just like
    I can with a PC. I know I can't as a result of
    Apple owning much of the hardware.


    I read this article and I agree with the author. It'd be nice if apple sold barebones G4s. That would make owning a Macintosh cheaper and more fun since you could easily customize by yourself.

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    "You spoony bard!" -Tellah

  2. Re:Try to build a comparable Dell for $3000 by AlisdairO · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Please tell me you're joking... The XEON is intel's server chip with vast quantites of incredibly expensive fast on board cache. Try comparing it against a dual 1600MP athlon and you'd probably get a very fair comparison, particularly given the athlon's support for decent memory. Also, as I understand it the Fire is a pretty expensive opengl card. You'd be much better off using a Radeon 8500 as a basis of comparison, particularly given that the Geforce 4 in the new mac is the slow MX version. Hopefully that lot would equate reasonably to the apple.