Own a Piece of An Apple-Based Supercomputer

Graff writes "Now that Apple has come out with the Xserve G5, Virginia Tech has been swapping out parts of their 'System X' supercomputer for the more compact 1U Xserves. MacMall is selling some of those System X component G5 systems with an approximate $200 savings and an extra 512 megs of RAM over a normal G5. You can read more about it at MacCentral."

Comments

Re:Seems like no discount

[slash-tard]

FYI - Everyone that wants an Apple computer should buy from the education store. Apple doesn't check most purchases, and most people know someone who is in school right?

I bought mine this way, and Im surprised anyone buys at the regular store.

Slashdot Deals?

[Anonymous Coward]

What's this? Regardless of the clever title, this is nothing more than a plug for MacMall. Is this a hint at a new Slashdot business model?

Is Slashdot trying to become the next FatWallet.com or TechBargains.com? Either of those sites seem to be far more suited for this sort of "news" than Slashdot.

Re:My question is:

[pyr0]

Ok fine then. In that case I want a discounted G5 that has absolutely no software pre-loaded, including OS. I want it at the exact price of a comparable PC that I could buy the parts off of Newegg for. That way I can use my operating system of choice, linux, and not have to include the cost of any software whatsoever. Would you then call that a fair comparison?