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Originally posted by JSimmons
If there was no compelling reason to do otherwise, I'd get a Mac.
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i've really thought about getting a mac. though about it long and hard, but there are a few things. first, i haven't heard anyone give me a really good reason to switch. none. the only reason i can think of is because their laptops are pretty sweet.
a 3.06 p4 w/ HT beat out a dual 1.25 g4, comperably equipped. speed is fairly important here. also, there's no learning curve keeping a pc.
also, for $1000 i can build something with more features and speed than i can with $4000 with a mac. why should i spend the extra $3k for a different operating system? i would like to get one, but i'm going to wait until they catch up. i have heard however that they are apparently releasing a new chip at 2ghz with the mac. unfortunately i'm afraid that's going to be a $5000 desktop. not very reasonable.
thanks for the board advice, i'll check those out.
as far as price goes, the opterons are kinda pricey, but i see you can get an opteron 240 for a little over $200, i think that's a 1.4. i know they're geared towards servers, but would there be any merit in using a dual tyan opteron board for a desktop??
edit: i think my kingston stuff is 2700... i can't remember. i'm pretty sure it's not pc3200 tho