Re: Who is kidding who.
- From: Tim Murray <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:43:08 -0400
On Aug 30, 2006, zara wrote:
Tell me again how competitive macs really are.
MAC PRO
Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors
4MB shared L2 cache per processor
1.33GHz dual independent frontside buses
1GB memory (667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive1
16x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
$2,499.00
Dell XPS 200
20" Wide Ultrasharp Flat Panel Included
Pentium® D Processor 980 w/Dual Core Technology (3 GHz,800FSB)
128MB PCI ExpressT x16 ATI RadeonT X600 SE
2 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 533 MHz
128 MG PCI Express x 16 ATI Radeon X600 Video Card
320 GB Serial ATA#Gb/s Hard Drive (7200 RPM) x/ 16 MB cache
8x CD/DVD Burner w double layer write
Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster®AudigyT HD Software Edition
Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
Integrated 56K Data / Fax modem
$ 1,700
Try again when you learn something about FSB and cores: The Mac will smoke
the Dell pushing data through the pipe. Not to mention you left out
- Two gigabit ethernet ports
- Two FireWire 800, two 400 -- don't see it offered on the Dell
- Bluetooth is at least offered
Sheesh, this comparison you picked is just silly. Another zara swing and a
miss.
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