My personal choice would fall with the Dell, in that it presents more options than the Mac does *for what I use a computer for*.
I am not saying that the Mac doesn't have its own usefulness, that it is in some way lesser than the Dell, simply that it can't fulfil all the things that I need to accomplish when I use a computer. For that, I'm willing to pay that little bit more.
From SpaceWeather.com: -
There is indeed a hole in the ground in Peru, pictured above, and by all accounts it smells bad, but it is not likely of cosmic origin. In order to blast a 30-meter crater, a meteorite would have to hit the ground with about as much energy as 1 kiloton of TNT--akin to a tactical nuclear weapon. This would leave a clear signal in worldwide seismic and infrasound records, but so far no such signals are being reported by authorities.
In short, we remain unconvinced. Stay tuned for updates. Given this information, a meteor impact is unlikely.
I can't even imagine why they would do this, trying to provoke a little healthy competition are they? Internal joke that escaped? Hacked off employee that got a bad performance review?
Who knows...
I've always used ATI cards and given that I've only just (embarrassingly) moved over to PCIe from AGP with my last upgrade, I was holding off to see what the R600 would offer over the G80. I must say that having read the reviews posted above I'm now more inclined to go for the GeForce 8800 GTX than the 2900 XT.
I know that ATI drivers are a tad lacking in some areas and that working under Vista presents its own challenges, but for the first time I think I'll be giving my money over to the folks at nVidia. There's just nothing about the 2900 XT that screams "buy me!!" louder than the 8800 GTX from what I can see.
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I am not saying that the Mac doesn't have its own usefulness, that it is in some way lesser than the Dell, simply that it can't fulfil all the things that I need to accomplish when I use a computer. For that, I'm willing to pay that little bit more.
I was born when it came out and was already setting fire to things, how I've nurtured that talent since...
I can't even imagine why they would do this, trying to provoke a little healthy competition are they? Internal joke that escaped? Hacked off employee that got a bad performance review? Who knows...
I've always used ATI cards and given that I've only just (embarrassingly) moved over to PCIe from AGP with my last upgrade, I was holding off to see what the R600 would offer over the G80. I must say that having read the reviews posted above I'm now more inclined to go for the GeForce 8800 GTX than the 2900 XT.
I know that ATI drivers are a tad lacking in some areas and that working under Vista presents its own challenges, but for the first time I think I'll be giving my money over to the folks at nVidia. There's just nothing about the 2900 XT that screams "buy me!!" louder than the 8800 GTX from what I can see.
10x...