PC64 vs MAC64
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hey honda... do a search for a DELL Precision 650 with simular specs to the new G5- I'll use these:
A Dell Precsion 650
Dual 3GHz Xeon processors
512MB RAM
40GB and 120GB drives
4x DVD+RW drive
XP Pro
56k modem
no monitor
64MB nVidia NVS 280
internal speakers
Sound Blaster card
3 yr warranty___________
And your total cost is $3822.00. But Macs are more expensive arent they?
And look at all the work that went into the Precision's quality case. Look at all the work that went into making sure your software talks to each other and to any other computer around with a click of a button. Macs are expensive because -------
A. they are a smaller company. (A pound a ham is more expensive at the local mom and pa shop than it is at a Supermarket).B. Because the same company creates the OS, applications, and hardware. Researching and employing hundreds of Developers, Beta testers, Engineers,...etc. Microsoft makes the OS, relys on Dell and the like to study the hardware, relys on Developers to make sure things work with the OS, and PC computers rely obviously on no one to add personality and design to their products thus saving a million dollars with the "Whatever if its cheap they will come" attitude. Its not arranged to work seemlessly its arrange to work- if there is a problem call tech support or hire an IT guy.
Break it down and see what Microsoft puts into developement, and Dell puts into engineering, and what all simular software you get with Apple puts into there departments than add up all those numbers and it will still be less than Apple spends to make sure that we have a great computing experience.
Plus it most certainly is also the Usuability of the OS above all. I would much rather work on a slower G4 tha takes 15 more seconds to render a video clip than spend hours trying to figure out how to tweak things in Windows. hell the little pop up windows in Windows OS wastes valuable time per day. I love the fact that I can start my computer remotely via VPN,open photoshop, run an Applescript that will process 85 50MB photos and shrink them to thumbnails, then close Photoshop, and FTP them to my server, and send am email to me confirming this has been done... all the while I am at a coffee shop 300 miles away from my system. Yeah its geeky- but it took literally 15 minutes and a free download to do. Its things like this that make it worth wide.