So? Now, Dennisw, upgrade that AMD 1.5GHz Processor to a 3.06GHz Intel Core2Duo, make the screen a 21.5" instead of a 20", Upgrade the resolution from 1600x900 to 1920x1080 while you are at it, upgrade the HD to 500GB from the 320GB it has now, Increase the RAM to 4GB, and while you are at it make it DDR3 instead of DDR2, add BlueTooth, and THEN see what that system would cost... and compare it to the base model iMac at $1199. Which has all those upgrades standard AND comes with a suite of world class software that is entirely missing on the MSI-20 inch PC.
For the thousandth time you are trotting out Apple overkill.
You may need and want that but the average computer user (70-80% of buyers) can get by perfectly well with the MSI model at half the price. I can see blue tooth as a minor Mac advantage
Personally I want a larger LCD and there are plenty of all in one computers out there with larger LCDs and at half the Apple price for same size LCD
Acer is making incredible LCDs these days and at very nice prices. You don't need an Apple to get great LCD displays. For me, I always have my LCD connected digitally to my computer and have been doing so since about 1999 or earlier when Compaq came out with a pre-DVI digital connector
By your logic most people don't need anything more than netbook power, but with a normal screen and keyboard. And you're probably right. But people often buy more than they currently need. One good reason for that is slower PCs become obsolete faster.
I've had my iMac for almost three years. By now with a PC I would have upgraded the video card or CPU by now, but I'm still perfectly happy with my Mac's performance. In fact, with OS upgrades it has gotten noticeably faster.
For me, I always have my LCD connected digitally to my computer and have been doing so since about 1999 or earlier when Compaq came out with a pre-DVI digital connector
I can't think of what that would be. The only pre-DVI connector I know about in use for monitors was the SGI one for the famous 1600SW.