Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/05

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Mac wannabees
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:40:15 -0600
References: <6a7544a60912051708q69d5fadeuf5d7e0a544b617e4@mail.gmail.com>, <4B1B0E31.7080308@comporium.net>, <884DB2C4-FB74-4F72-B43D-6A0769152526@bex.net>

Quoth the Howard Ritter :

> > Why should I pay twice as much so I can run Windows programs on a
> Windows keyboard labeled as a Mac.  I don't understand.
> 
> Can you actually find the equivalent of a 21-inch iMac (all screen,
> no box, $1100) 3 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, DVD etc from
> Dell, HP, etc for under $600?

Actually I spent $800 about four months ago, but then I built to much 
hotter specs than that.   23" flatscreen, 3 ghz Quad-Core AMD, 8 gig 
ram, 2x1.5tb drives (I had a spare 320 gig, so it's in there as / and 
/home, plus swap; there's room in the case and on the mobo for 4 more 
big drives when I want them), dual CD/DVD (one will probably be a 
BluRay writer at some point), midtower case with enough fans to 
guarantee that Houston summers in an unairconditioned apartment don't 
get the core temp over 40C.  (working at 90+ degree ambient makes the 
all-in-one design a bad idea no matter WHO built it.)

The millions of gamers constantly building hotter-than-thou PC's 
means that VERY high-end stuff is available at seriously cheap prices 
if you know where to shop.

And all of the software is free.  The only downside I've found is 
that the 16-bit implementation in GIMP isn't quite up to snuff yet... 
--


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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)