The $20,154 Computer

[LordSandMan]

<< (though don't ask about the PCI slots, cause I don't know, and I doubt many of you do too). >>



G4 has one AGP 4x Slot and 3 64-bit 33Mhz PCI slots

 

[drewski]

I'm not familiar with Mac pricing. What's bringing the price so high? The 4 cinema displays?

 

[Soccerman]

considering there's a 22 inch 16:9 ratio LCD display drewski, I'd have to say that's at least part of it..

also, 1.5 gig's of RAM, SCSI hard drives, Geforce 3, DVD-R/CDRW, and 3 other displays make this a good way to lighten your wallet, or your bank (if you prefer to pay in cash).

 

[SXMP]

Also, if you have ever checked out apple's site, check out how expensive some of their &quot;normal systems&quot; are. Like $2500 for something that still only comes with 128mb of ram! lol

 

[Pyro]

<< I'm not familiar with Mac pricing. What's bringing the price so high? The 4 cinema displays? >>



its called Price Gouging. The mac is worth 8000, but since Mac users are (in general) all fanatics, they dont mind paying more.

 

[SXMP]

Hey, all you &quot;doubting thomas's&quot; out there, for some reason, on the PowerPc G4 custimize page, it offers 3 rage 128 pci cards. So there =) LONG LIVE APPLE!


god no. never. its to late.

 

[Maniac9127]

A child once said to his mother &quot;Mommy why are there so many stupid people?&quot;

 

[rbV5]

<< My car is worth about that much (95 Cutlass Supreme SL w/ 40000 miles), wanna do a straight up trade? >>




LOL, erub, Kelly Blue Book Suggested Retail(High)$7,400 - $13,465

You'd probably get $5000-$7500 in trade in value depending on condition and options.

 

[TonyB]

that mac system sucks, check out my system:

Asus P4T i850 Motherboard
P4-1.7GHz 256k cache
2048MB of PC800 Samsung RDRAM (4x 512MB Rimm Modules)
3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI NIC w/3XP Processor
Elan Vital s-50 aegis server case with (11) 5.25&quot; drive bays
Leadtek Winfast GeForce3 64MB
Sony Multiscan GDM-FW900 24&quot; CRT
Turtle Beach Santra Cruz PCI soundcard
Klipsch Promedia 4.1 speakers
Mylex ExtremeRaid 2000 2 Channel SCSI Raid card 64MB Cache
Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD-R 2X recorder ATAPI
Teac 1.44MB 3.5&quot; FDD
(10) Seagate Cheetah X15 18.4GB Ultra160 SCSI in Raid 5 mode (161.6GB total HDD space)

Edit: Also forgot to mention that my Pioneer DVD-r recorder can also write CD-r and CD-RW only cost me $600, haha

 

[TonyB]

Oh yeah forgot to mention that my Setup only costed me $13,706.34 including tax. Peace out yo, mac sucks btw. haha you paid 20k for that piece of shiet

 

[Degenerate]

200 dollar for 2 LCDs? eben for one, that is a fat bargain. why not a 19inch instead.

 

[Darksamie]

Not to be insulting to Mac OS....<ahem>....waste of money and time.....<ahem>....

 

[ridgehead]

Better things to do with my money!

 

[Seyba]

<< Look what I came up with for $5700 CDN (~ $3700 US):

$891.25 - Tyan Thunder K7
$600.00 - Dual AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1.33 GHz
$453.16 - 1GB (4x 256MB) PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM (Crucial)
$1,030 - 2x (RAID0) Seagate X15 18.4 GB 15,000 rpm
$150 - Matrox G450 DualHead
$150 - 10X Slot-load DVD-ROM
$250 - Hercules GameThatre XP
$500 - Nice Dolby surround speaker system
$200 - 2x 15&quot; LCD monitors
$300 - Quiet components (<28 HSF for the 2 Athlons)
$150 - Natural Keyboard Pro, Intellimouse Explorer
$25 - 100 Mbps Ethernet adapter
Total: $5,699.41

Add a 24&quot; Sony monitor and a GeForce3 and it will still cost less. Hell.. add a 50&quot;+ plasma display for gaming.

Now that would be a drooling machine. >>



er.. $250 for a Herc GTXP? Are you talking Canadian currency? It's only $150.

 

[mcbiff]

<<

<< Look what I came up with for $5700 CDN (~ $3700 US):

$891.25 - Tyan Thunder K7
$600.00 - Dual AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1.33 GHz
$453.16 - 1GB (4x 256MB) PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM (Crucial)
$1,030 - 2x (RAID0) Seagate X15 18.4 GB 15,000 rpm
$150 - Matrox G450 DualHead
$150 - 10X Slot-load DVD-ROM
$250 - Hercules GameThatre XP
$500 - Nice Dolby surround speaker system
$200 - 2x 15&quot; LCD monitors
$300 - Quiet components (<28 HSF for the 2 Athlons)
$150 - Natural Keyboard Pro, Intellimouse Explorer
$25 - 100 Mbps Ethernet adapter
Total: $5,699.41

Add a 24&quot; Sony monitor and a GeForce3 and it will still cost less. Hell.. add a 50&quot;+ plasma display for gaming.

Now that would be a drooling machine. >>



er.. $250 for a Herc GTXP? Are you talking Canadian currency? It's only $150. >>



Yes, he is.

 

[Soccerman]

wow, good job TonyB considering it doesn't have nearly as many displays as the MAC listed above does, I'd have to say your computer is overpriced (if MAC's are over priced, and your computer doesn't even have a 22&quot; LCD display, let along 3 other displays.. well you get the picture).

 

[Noriaki]

Hmm 4 22&quot; screens would be nice.

 

[Lucky]

well, if hes talking canadian, then how does he get

$200 - 2x 15&quot; LCD monitors?

That would be what, $125 for 2 LCD monitors? They usually retail $400 (can be had cheaper) apiece US!

 

[ddiccico]

<< I see a flaw in his plan.

4 PCI cards but only 3 PCI slots. >>

It has 4 PCI and 1 AGP slot here.

 

[TonyB]

<< wow, good job TonyB considering it doesn't have nearly as many displays as the MAC listed above does, I'd have to say your computer is overpriced (if MAC's are over priced, and your computer doesn't even have a 22&quot; LCD display, let along 3 other displays.. well you get the picture). >>



First of all, why the hell would anyone want 4 LCD displays? Its not like you are about to do 4 things at once with a mac, haha. Second, LCD's suck for gaming and 3rd, my sony 24&quot; can kick the monkeys ass on anybodys LCD monitor, hell my whole system can kick the monkey ass on anyones computer including any mac configuration you can fake up. So when you say my system is overpriced compared to the MAC then you must not know how to add or subtract. 13k compared to 20k? that is a 7k difference there, you can buy another 7 LCD panels and then use a digital spliter to split your output to 7 different panels, think about it, do you have 7 EYEBALLS to look at each one? what are you some mutated mac monkey with 7 eyeballs and throws poo around at other people when you realize you got a sucky system and paid 20k for it? Read it and weep loser, haha

 

[Pyro]

<< Hmm 4 22&quot; screens would be nice. >>



yes but 4 24&quot; Samsungs will be even better...

 

[joohang]

<< well, if hes talking canadian, then how does he get

$200 - 2x 15&quot; LCD monitors?

That would be what, $125 for 2 LCD monitors? They usually retail $400 (can be had cheaper) apiece US! >>


Typo. Supposed to be $1200.

 

[Soccerman]

First of all, why the hell would anyone want 4 LCD displays? Its not like you are about to do 4 things at once with a mac, haha.

really? MAC's can multitask as good as P4's, as long as they have the RAM! Get your facts straight buddy, OSX is not your typical MAC platform (though it has bugs, ala Windows 95)

Second, LCD's suck for gaming

Who said anything about using it ONLY for gaming? and BTW, have you SEEN these new LCD displays? the good ones are pretty good for Gaming, and Movies!

and 3rd, my sony 24&quot; can kick the monkeys ass on anybodys LCD monitor, hell my whole system can kick the monkey ass on anyones computer including any mac configuration you can fake up.

ok, first please don't distort the English language, people won't understand you, and begin to ridicule you (lol, Hardware is the perfect example for that).

Second, your ONE 24&quot; monitor might beat a 22&quot; 4:3 LCD display in terms of quality, but this isn't a 4:3 ration display, it's 16:9. that means that you'd have to go out and find me a 22&quot; or larger 16:9 display before you can tell me that this one is worse.

oh, and BTW, did you notice how much space that 24&quot; monster takes up? or how heavy it is? better make sure your desk is built really well if you're going to fit 4 of those on it.

So when you say my system is overpriced compared to the MAC then you must not know how to add or subtract. 13k compared to 20k? that is a 7k difference there,

7K MINUS what your computer is missing. lets see, 3 other monitors (I don't know what type). if these 3 monitors are LCD displays as well (say 15&quot that would be at LEAST $600 each. reduce that down to $5200. perhaps you need to learn to add?

you can buy another 7 LCD panels yes if they're 15&quot; panels..

and then use a digital spliter to split your output to 7 different panels, think about it, do you have 7 EYEBALLS to look at each one?[ what are you some mutated mac monkey with 7 eyeballs and throws poo around at other people when you realize you got a sucky system and paid 20k for it? Read it and weep loser, haha

who said only one person would be watching the monitors?

 

[rc5]

It's kinda silly to buy a $20 internal winmodem for a $20000 machine.

You should give it at least a cable/dsl internet connection

 

[joohang]

<< you can buy another 7 LCD panels and then use a digital spliter to split your output to 7 different panels, think about it, do you have 7 EYEBALLS to look at each one? what are you some mutated mac monkey with 7 eyeballs and throws poo around at other people when you realize you got a sucky system and paid 20k for it? >>


You have no idea how useful multiple monitors are.