We're at $2,522. I've already passed the $2,499 price of the Mac Pro, and I haven't even bought a case, keyboard, mouse, fans or operating system. Earlier comparisons had the Mac much further ahead since they were done at the beginning of a release cycle. Filo has told me he really isn't interested in the facts and I assume he will continue to spread the 2 to 3 times more expensive nonsense he been posting on here. I also did the pricing... Check out post 82. We're pretty much in agreement.
I thought about building an iMac equivalent along the same lines... but even that wouldn't sway Filo... his mind is made up.
Filo has told me he really isn't interested in the facts and I assume he will continue to spread the 2 to 3 times more expensive nonsense he been posting on here. I also did the pricing... Check out post 82. We're pretty much in agreement.
You continue to post misrepresentations to outright lies. Are you sure you aren't a democrat?
I took your list from post 82 and came up with the following:
- Intel® 5150 Xeon® processor $739.50 X 2 = $1479.00 - I got $565 each from Froogle sorted by price, lowest to highest.
- ASUS 771 Dual Socket MB $ 359.99 - I got $256 on Froogle, same as above
- 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache 3MB/S Hard Drive $ 69.00
- 1GB (two 512MB) of 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM $ 69.89
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB $ 74.95 - I got $39, Froogle
- 960 Watt Power Supply (this is 1KW) $ 291.01 - I saw a Dell 1KW for $127 on Froogle
- 16x DVD/RW double layer optical drive $ 38.95 - Sony white box on Froogle for $27
- Dual Gigabit Ethernet included on ASUS MB. $ 00.00
- Firewire 2 (USB included on ASUS MB) $ 47.69 - Why would you need this? USB 2 is more than enough. $30 on Froogle.< /li >
- Keyboard with USB $ 37.54
- Optical Mouse (scroll wheel... scroll ball is only available on Macs but it can be made to work on Windows) $ 11.25
- Windows Vista Ultimate OEM price since we're building this computer $ 196.51 - $173 on Froogle but I’m sure Home Premium is more than enough to compete ($110)
- High Quality aircraft grade aluminum case $ 129.99 - Whatever. Anyone who pays more than $70 or so for a basic case deserves what they get. I'll give this the benefit of the doubt at $80 for a really good one. $130 cases should brew my coffee. . .
So, with my prices the total comes to $2013 with rounding.
Let's call it $2K even since I’m sure I could shave off some of that by pricing the items I ignored (mouse, keyboard, HD, etc.) and getting a more appropriate version of Windows.
But you're right, I only knocked 25% off the Mac system for a comparable PC which, like the Mac, offers features the vast majority of users don't need or care about.
Bummer for me.
At least I’ve proved that you’re cherry picking and being deliberately misleading.