How d'ya blow yer budget faster than by buying Macs?
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 - $2,999.00 ($2,699 - education)
Panther Mac OS X 10.3
1GHz frontside bus/processor
512K L2 cache/processor
512MB DDR400 128-bit SDRAM
Expandable to 8GB SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA
SuperDrive Pioneer A06 4 x DVD-R/RW +R/RW
Three PCI-X Slots
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
No Monitor
Anti-Virus software not needed
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem
iLife (including iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD), QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition, Zinio Reader, Art Directors Toolkit, Microsoft Office v.X Test Drive, FileMaker Pro Trial, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, GraphicConverter, QuickTime, iChat, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, iCal, iSync, DVD Player, Mail, EarthLink, Acrobat Reader, Classic environment and Apple Developer Tools
Dell Precision?Workstation 650 - $4,495.00
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Dual Intel® Xeon? Processor, 3.06GHz
512MB,DDR266 SDRAM Memory
120GB SATA, 7200 RPM Hard Drive
40GB ATA-100 IDE,1 inch (7200 rpm
SATA PCI Non-RAID adapter for 2 SATA HDDs
4X DVD+RW/+R with Roxio® Easy CD Creator and DVD decode
ATI, FIRE GL? X1,128MB,1-2 VGA/DVI
No Monitor Option
McAfee? VirusScan® 8 retail ReadyWare
No DVD mastering software - very little software at all
You know guys - you're right - this makes me laugh... that damned pricey Apple. Imagine that - they think they can get away with selling a faster computer for $1,796 LESS than an INCREDIBLE Dull!!!
Lucky you guys are around to find them out, aye!