[ale] [OT] Mac prices (was OT - old hardware)

[John Wells]

aaron said:
> From the Apple site, without any dealer discounts or other bundles:
>   eMac from 799
>   iMac (with 17" flat screen) from 1299
>   G4 with flatscreen display from 1599

Still grossly overpriced, imo.  Apple machines just simply aren't up to
muster in the processor dept. for what you pay.  You can get a truly
powerful mac, but you're going to pay a body part for it.  Contrast that
with the fact that I just ordered a Dell 2.4 ghz, 256mbmachine for $599. 
Sure, the Dell certainly doesn't include best of class hardware, but it'll
still run circles around the eMac, and costs a small fraction of what an
equivalent mac would.

Apple is still priced for the elitist, not the hobbyist...

John





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