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Damn those macs are expensive

	Intel iMac	Handbuilt PC
Screen	Built in 20 inch	Dell 2005FPW ($959)
Memory	2GB (2 x 1GB)	2 x 1GB (@$107ea)
Hard Drive	250GB SATA	250GB WD SATA ($159)
DVD	SuperDrive	Pioneer DVR110D ($60)
Case	iMac G5	CoolerMaster Centurion 531 380W PSU ($180)
OS	MacOS X 10.4.4	Windows XP Pro OEM ($290)
Graphics	256MB Radeon X1600	256MB Radeon X1600 ($189)
Internal components	Intel Dual Core 2.0ghz	Intel Pentium D 820 2.8Ghz CPU 2Mb; Dual Core ($358) Intel D945 PSNLK ($229)
Subtotal:	$2479.30	$2638
Other items	Apple keyboard, Apple Mighty mouse, built in wifi, bluetooth, iSight	Apple keyboard + Mighty mouse ($113), iSight ($205), PCI 802.11g card ($46), Bluetooth USB dongle ($29.70)
Total cost:	$2797.30	$3021.70

(Disclaimer: Apple prices are educational prices, but the PC is using a faster desktop processor and motherboard.. the iMac is probably using a laptop one, since it's only 2ghz.. a 2.0ghz laptop CPU + motherboard for the PC would be $251 more)

I invite a better priced PC spec, but it must match the iMac in all ways possible, must be PCI-E, have the same video card type, hard drive size, etc :)

You know..

While Apple are a cool company who put out some cool products, and while I am familiar with the bounds of time and space, I have installed 10.4.4 and "everything seems snappier".

You see these comments from lots of people after every OS point release. I reboot frequently and it doesn't make it faster. I leave this poor powerbook running 24/7, so it's not going to be missing out on cron events.. and yet, install a point release update, and everything really does seem faster. Dashboard seems faster to start up, Quicksilver is faster, CCC's password box comes up faster..

Maybe I don't need a Macbook Pro after all.. :)

Who am I kidding. However, I don't plan to upgrade until they have a 160GB BTO option. 160GB 2.5 inch PATA drives seem to be shipping from a number of stores online, so presumably the SATA versions aren't much behind. Eeexcellent.