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When was that? 1989?

Last month.

$600 is still 50% more than I paid. As for your other arguments, all the hype along those lines is why I looked at the Macs first.

I guess I just don't experience the headaches with the PC that you do. For 50% more, I need to get 50% more.

Apparently what I do on a computer doesn't justify the cost difference.

Apparently what I do on a computer doesn't justify the cost difference.

Yeah, and that's the point. I knew a doctor. He was a millionaire, one of the founders of MD Anderson in Houston. He drove a Plymouth Horizon. It did what he wanted and got the job done. Most of the doctors at MD Anderson drove slightly more prestigious vehicles. To this guy, it wasn't worth the price difference.

" Apparently what I do on a computer doesn't justify the cost difference."

So you bought a PC for $300. Yes, apparently you're correct in what you say above-- I have played with a few cheap PCs in the past year or so and can't imagine living with them, as they usually have lousy graphics, limited speed, a pinched-off processor and a gelded operating system. By comparison, my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad is a workstation-class machine and cost $3200 a bit less than three years ago, more than my top-end MacBook Pro of about the same vintage, and it's barely adequate for my usage, which includes software development, constant use of virtual machines, hard-core networking and instrumentation connectivity, Firefox with 40-50 tabs open (including FR!), etc.

So yes, certainly, one's intent for a machine may or may not justify the cost difference between a really low-end machine and a premium machine like a Mac Mini.

There's one more thing, though. The first time you have a problem, I hope you enjoy the maddening script-reading of the Bangalore troll you'll be connected to after only forty minutes of listening to Ferrante & Teicher on hold. One of the things you get with your Mac is access to the aptly-named "Genius Bar" at the Apple Store. Those folks are terrific.

50% more does not equal *4* times...

and while 400 v 600 might be a decider for you the 600 dollars is in fact a superior system. Nothing wrong with going with a cheap piece of crap system just realize thats what it is.

A yugo gets you from point a to point b just as well as a superior car but its still a yugo.