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If you have a monitor and keyboard that you already like, get a Mac mini.

If you want new everything, an iMac is perfect.

MacBoy4139 wrote:

If you have a monitor and keyboard that you already like, get a Mac mini.

If you want new everything, an iMac is perfect.

Are you clinically insane?

Surely I can get a capable computer and not have to pay that much...

$600+ for a mac mini, and $1300+ for an imac? Give me a break, surely in this day and age people aren't still shelling out that kind of money just for a basic home computer... geesh...

Last edited by Interactive_Eaten (2006-03-25 3:43 pm)

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Interactive_Eaten wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a new mac, so.......what the hell should I get????????????

Interactive_Eaten wrote:

MacBoy4139 wrote:

If you have a monitor and keyboard that you already like, get a Mac mini.

If you want new everything, an iMac is perfect.

Are you clinically insane?

Surely I can get a capable computer and not have to pay that much...

$600+ for a mac mini, and $1300+ for an imac? Give me a break, surely in this day and age people aren't still shelling out that kind of money just for a basic home computer... geesh...

Ask and you shall receive.

Would you like anything else with that attitude of yours?

BTW, millions of people per year buy these machines for "basic computing needs."  We're talking kids under the age of 14.

No built in monitor.  Small pizza box:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/m … c_475.html

It was also $1,085 US when it was new.  That did not include a monitor.

iMac w/built in monitor is $1,299.  Not bad if you ask me.

Last edited by MacBoy4139 (2006-03-25 7:23 pm)

Get the mini.  Then pick-up a 17" LCD w/DVI for around $200.  Get a Mac keyboard and the USB mouse you prefer and a set of speakers (or if you don't care about sound, many LCDs have integrated stereo speakers).

MacBoy4139 wrote:

No built in monitor.  Small pizza box:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/m … c_475.html

It was also $1,085 US when it was new.  That did not include a monitor.

iMac w/built in monitor is $1,299.  Not bad if you ask me.

Read it carefully, then read Interactive_Eaten's post. He is using a 575, you linked the 475. I used to have a 475 (it was my first computer), but the school I went to at the time had 575s, which had a built in monitor.

Edit: here's the info about the LC 575. (http://www.lowendmac.com/500/lc575.shtml) The highest OS that it supports is indeed OS 8.1, and it turns out that it doesn't have an FPU. (uses the LC040 instead of the standard '040 processor, which means the crippled it by removing the FPU) I remember when I had the LC 475 there were some things I couldn't do just because of that missing FPU...

Interactive_Eaten: If you'd read my post, you'll realize I'm not saying that all PC motherboards will simply stop working. I'm saying that the motherboards and components that you get with a $400 PC are generally crap. They come with the bare minimum, probably not enough to even make Windows run very happily, and are not of very good quality. As usual, lets look at a car analogy. American cars are generally cheaper than Japanese cars. However, their reliability is not nearly as high. Computers are the same, and there's even more that can go wrong with a computer system. If you buy cheap components, they aren't going to be as reliable. It's simple. Of course, if you get a more expensive PC with better quality parts, that will change, and the reliability goes up. Apple usually buys rather good quality parts.

Last edited by akb825 (2006-03-25 10:29 pm)

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Interactive_Eaten wrote:

You know something's turning into a platform war when someone starts whipping out the car analogies...

The car analogies are only needed when somebody doesn't understand what's being told to them. Either way, this thread is going downhill fast.

this is a guy who needs a computer so he can play neopets when he's not trying to catch 'em all.

denillbrenny isn't worth the effort kids.

[waits for pm with physical threat]