Re: I really do like OS X but . . .


"Wegie" <here@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <fdsbr1leo1gupq0lsissnb8so3d5pp7mov@xxxxxxx>,
> howdy <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >macs are around the same price as comparable pc's, maybe you spend an
>> >extra couple hundred, but it's well worth the investment if you value
>> >your time.
>> More like a couple thousand for a top of the line powermac - more than
>> that when you add a display.
>
> well sure if you want to unfairly skew the data to fit your argument.
> but the FACTS are Macs and PCs are roughly the same in price for similar
> features now days.

Not at the ultra-high-end. You can't get a Mac that competes with the very
fastest Wintel workstations. That may change in a few years, but for pure 3D
graphics server work, you can't beat the current 4-processor Wintels...


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