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[theducks]

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 :)

Comments

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

I would be totally unable to use an Apple keyboard on a PC, so replace that with a simple Microsoft wired keyboard/optical mouse combo for $35 from Harris Tech. HT also supply a PCI 802.11b/g card for $46 (not 108 mbps, though). Mind you, that is an awesome price on the Bluetooth dongle - where from?

I would also expect that an MSI or ASUS-brand motherboard would be cheaper, although I can't be bothered looking through them.

The educational prices are astonishing, though.

[theducks.livejournal.com]

But not using the apple keyboard, when it would work fine with a PC, would be cheating ;)

Bluetooth dongle is from http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_M-PD-BluT_proddesc_Bluetooth_USB_Dongle_PenDrive_Class_2_up_to_30Meters.html