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I have firewire (installed it after I bought the system, $30); better video/graphics is subjective; did I mention it has a DVDR? Yes... it burns them quite nicely, thanks.

The only... ONLY problem I've had with this computer is the sound when speaking on Skype or Firefly... too much static. But I could have bought an Apple with no keyboard or monitor or mouse. Damn I'm stupid.

Honestly, is this some sort of competition? Macs are just as good as PC's. They have certain advantages, over PC's, just as PC's have advantages over Macs. the new MacMini looks interesting. might i point out the fact that you payed $930 dollars for your Dell, with a keyboard, monitor and mouse?lets add up the Mac Mini:
$499 basic Mac Mini
$75 good wireless, usb logitech keyboard and mouse.
$150 19" flat screen(not to be confused with LCD) monitor
and, theres even enough room for a pair of Harmon Kardon soundsticks within your budget $150
or you can just get an LCD monitor.

Not only this, but you get an OS without any known viruses (newest version, panther) rock solid (based on UNIX for god sakes -- for those of you who don't know, UNIX has been in development since the 70's) a complete software collection that comes with the OS, including a photo organizer (iPhoto), a movie editor (iMovie), a calendar program (iCal), useful things called sticky notes, a better desktop organization system than anything in windows (Expose) the ability to run open source software while using a commercially supported operating system. Guess what, I don't see this coming from Dell anytime soon. jeesus, I don;t even OWN a mac, I'm on my quaint little 3200+ Athlon 64 and i can still see reasons why I like apple as much if not more than my PC. Look, i like my PC because i am able to customize it the way i like, I built it myself, i like that. for ppl who buy their PCs prebuilt, there really is no reason for a PC to be favored. I would suggest that you really think about what you said at the end of your little post. you could actually be right.