User: Metzen

Re:And the rest of us should care...why?

On: Apple Demonstrates A Dual-G4 Power Mac

Hmmm, Wow 1000mhz processors. Wouldn't ya know a G4 isn't meant for home???? A iMac is meant for the home people. But I'll play your game and this is what I have to say:
..............................G4................ ................Dell
Proc. Speed..........500/1MB L2...............600mhz Pentium III
2nd Proc?............No............................... ..No
RAM Type/Size.....1Gig SDRAM (4).........1GIG RDRAM (4)
HardDrives..........18Gigx3(scsi).............18 gigx3(scsi)
RAID......................None.................. ...........None
Graphics Card.......1AGPRagePro 1PCI......1Matrox G400
RAM Size..............16&16(not cumulative) 32megs
Monitor...............15in LCD.......................15in LCD
OS.........................MacOS 9........................Win98SE
DVD/CD................DVD ROMw/Video..........DVD ROMw/video
SCSI......................Ultra SCSI card.............Internal SCSI (not addition)
Zip.......................None.................. ..............none
Modem..................56k V.90........................56k V.90
IEEE1394............Yes......................... .........Controller Card
Floppy...................No..................... .............Yes*
Service.................3year care.....................3year care
Installation...........Comprehensive............ ..Comprehensive
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Price: $8086 $8247

*denotes no other alternative, cannot remove.
all systems included keyboard, mouse, and cheapest speaker set possible

WHAT????
THE MAC IS CHEAPER???

I'll give the Wintel side this 100 more mhz, WAY better video card, and a floppy.

Is that worth $150 extra? Watch the benchmarks and a 500mhz G4 vs 600mhz PIII and the P3 gets whumped hard. Better Video Card, PC wins hands down. Floppy? Worth, what $10?

You make the choice, I tried to get a PC that supported up to 1.5Gig of RAM but the nearest they had was 2gig and that just KILLED the PC in price. You make the choice, these were matched as close as possible and I think I did a good job matching them up.

When you compare a PC to a Mac remember we can expand beyond 512megs of RAM, and we can go wireless.

Don't compare machines unless they are maxed out to their FULL potential EQUALY, that is a true test of price.