[geeks] Aluminum 30" Apple Display

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 04:02:42PM -0400, Brooke Gravitt wrote:
> Ultimate Apple Workstation (or, cost of one new, fully-loaded Scion xB:) 
> 
> Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel) M9179LL/A   $3,299.00  Qty. 2
>   ($6,598.00)
> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL M9593G/A $599.00 ($599.00)
> Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5GHz Z0AC $9,253.00 ($9,253.00)
>   56k V.92 modem  065-5168  

Woah, woah woah!  Why are you sullying this beauty with an modem?  Even
if dialup is the only way to get internet service in your area, please
use something external.  Either an external model on a USB serial
adapter, or better yet an external router.

>   PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Card  065-5081 

Err, doesn't the machine have onboard GigE?  What's wrong with that?
 
>   2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm  065-4983  
>   8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB  065-4980  
>   AirPort Extreme Card  065-4986  
>   Mac OS X - U.S. English  065-4897  
>   Bluetooth Module  065-4985  
>   Accessory kit  065-4894  
>   8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)  065-4928  

If there is a cheaper drive, take it, since for a machine like this, one
would want an external dual layer +/- R/RW drive.

>   NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL  065-5128  
>   Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English  065-4923  
>   Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5  065-4803  
>   Fibre Channel PCI Card (w/SFP-SFP cable)  065-5208  

You left off an Xraid.
 
>   Apple Wireless Keyboard M9270LL/A  $69.00 ($69.00)
>   Apple Wireless Mouse M9269ZM/A  $69.00 ($69.00)
> 
>   Subtotal  Please note that your subtotal does not include sales tax
> or rebates.  ($17,187.00)

If your spending that much, surely another few K can be found for a
Blackmagic DecklinkHD card, an AJA component->HD-SDI converter, FCP-HD,
to make editing ones home videos more pleasant (presuming one is
shooting them on HDV and wants to output HD-DVD and/or DVHS).