[geeks] can't wait for Vista

[velociraptor]

On 11/6/06, Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:14:31 -0500, velociraptor wrote:
> > On 11/6/06, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> > > True.  I would love to have an Apple, but it is incredibly hard to
> > > justify the expense.
> > >
> > > Take a look at their top-of-the-line. It is nice, and probably well
> > > built, but it isn't really worth the price in terms of getting work
> > > done.
> >
> > The multi-core desktop machines are less than any other name-brand
> > computer vendor's unless you are buying at corporate discount prices.
> > These aren't no-name white-box computers.
>
> Well Sun's online configuration is pretty pathetic so it's hard to
> compare at the low end, but once a Mac Pro is decked out with a
> configuration roughly comparable to a Sun Ultra 40 it's a touch more
> expensive.

Good point, I wasn't thinking about Sun, just the usual x86 vendors.
Kinda ironic given me pointing out to every SA I can that Sun will be
Dell's prices on x86 rackable boxes. :-)

> I happen to be looking for such a system at the moment.

Hmmm...U40 running OS X?  That sounds like a Hackintosh project if
ever I heard of one...

=Nadine=