TechTV Screen Savers Host Tries "The Switch"

lwbecker2 writes "Patrick Norton, from the TechTV show 'The Screen Savers', and an admittedly loyal Windows/PC user, recently borrowed a iBook from Apple and has written an article about his three-month experience with 'The Switch'. It seems like a well-though-out review and IMHO provides some balanced coverage of the potential issues and experiences involved in switching from Windows XP to Mac OS X."

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But are they really worth the money?

[Ummagumma]

I mean, the prices they charge for the PowerMacs looks at first glance to be insane - a dual 1.4mhz powermac for $3500 with a 17" monitor? Urk! I built my AMD 1700+, 512 mb memory, etc, for about $500. Throw in software, nice 17" monitor etc, and Im up to $1200 or so. Sure, I'd get a dual processor with the Mac, but is that worth an additional $2300? If I go with a linux distro, then suddenly my AMD rig shoots down to the sub $1000 range.

I don't want to sound like I am flaming here - but are the Apples REALLY worth that kind of insane cash? I'd like to try to make the switch, at least for one of my macines, but for that kind of moolah, forget it.