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An Apple Mac Pro with:
2x 3GHz Dual core Xeons (Woodcrest)
500Gb SATA HD (same spec as Dell)
2Gb RAM (667MHz)
23" Apple LCD monitor
16x Superdrive (16x double layer DVD burner)
2x Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 256Mb
Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger"
for US$4774.
Add: 2x 3GHz Quad Core Xeons (Cloverdale) +US$699 (Total:US$5473)
or replace 7300GT with: Nvidia Quadro FX 4700 512Mb +US$1500 (Total: US$6274)
Sure, they may be small performance hitches but, it'd be more reliable than ANY overclocked machine (done by the factory or otherwise).
With the base specs, you still have change to buy Vista Home Premium (or XP Media Centre) and the Blu-Ray drive.
It's not all that far off Apple's offerings. It looks like you're paying extra for the "factory overclocking". Ho hum....
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Apple Mac Pro close to Dell
An Apple Mac Pro with:
2x 3GHz Dual core Xeons (Woodcrest)
500Gb SATA HD (same spec as Dell)
2Gb RAM (667MHz)
23" Apple LCD monitor
16x Superdrive (16x double layer DVD burner)
2x Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 256Mb
Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger"
for US$4774.
Add: 2x 3GHz Quad Core Xeons (Cloverdale) +US$699 (Total:US$5473)
or replace 7300GT with: Nvidia Quadro FX 4700 512Mb +US$1500 (Total: US$6274)
Sure, they may be small performance hitches but, it'd be more reliable than ANY overclocked machine (done by the factory or otherwise).
With the base specs, you still have change to buy Vista Home Premium (or XP Media Centre) and the Blu-Ray drive.
It's not all that far off Apple's offerings. It looks like you're paying extra for the "factory overclocking". Ho hum....