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Build Your Own Mac

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-tv dept.

DaytonCIM writes "TechTV has a great article by Kevin Rose on how to build your own Mac: 'When it comes to PCs, geeks usually make a decision between buying a prebuilt computer or building one, component by component. This isn't true when it comes to Macintoshes. You're stuck with whatever Apple has to offer, with only a few measly dollars differentiating the products from retailer to retailer.' It will be broadcast on The Screen Savers today."

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  1. pointless by asv108 · · Score: 3, Redundant
    When building a mac you loose a lot of the benefits of constructing your own PC: Vast array of components to choose from, low cost, and configurations you can't get from standard pc makers. You also loose one of the main benefits of choosing an Apple system, excellent support and replacement policies.

    The processor costs $700! For the price of the processor alone, anyone can build a complete Athlon XP2400+ nforce2 system.

  2. "Switching" to the Mac? by vudufixit · · Score: 0, Redundant


    I find it ironic that as much as folks complain about MS' monopolistic practices, look at how much more difficult it is to piece together your own Mac. Even those who have purchased a factory-built Mac are faced with a narrower selection of hardware choices.
    Apple wouldn't have had to create a "switch" campaign if they hadn't reversed their decision to license out their OS. (As I recall, Power Computing at one point sold more Mac-OS running computers than Apple did!).
    Their market share keeps declining, even as the quality and innovation of their products is on the upswing. How strange.
    It's eerily similar to watching socialist command economies flounder and fall, while free-market ones thrive and give consumers more choices at better prices.
    I'll leave it up to those reading this to map the metaphor.