[Dysfunctional]

You can order a Dell with a high end card.

[N3WBI3]

At which point it is no longer the PC people can point at and say 'its so much cheeper than a mac'..

[antiRepublicrat]

You can order a Dell with a high end card.

A better video card isn't even an option for the cheap $400 Dell. But speaking of upgrade options, let's get that cheap Dell up to the abilities of the $500 Mac mini.

• $71 - Windows XP Pro (to get closer to OS X)
• $53 - Combo drive
• $71 - CD/DVD software to go with the drive (to match the included Mac software)
• $23 - Decent audio
• $27 - Firewire card
• $44 - WordPerfect Office 12 (to compare to Appleworks)

That $400 computer just went to $689, easily enough to get a keyboard and 17" monitor for your Mac mini. And you haven't even bought a decent video card for the Dell yet.