[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

Nadine Miller velociraptor at gmail.com
Wed May 21 15:29:40 CDT 2008


Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 08:16:54PM +0100, Mark wrote:
>>> On 21 May 2008, at 19:48, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>>> Besides, at this point if one wants to play games on their computer,
>>>> they should probably just get a PS3 and install linux, right? ;)
>>> Stop that, I have enough problems preventing myself from running out  
>>> and buying on as it is!!
>>
>> Oh well, my last Windows computer went belly up and I am forced to share
>> one with my wife and youngest son. :-(  I thought of getting a PS3 to
>> use as a computer, because it's a lot of power and I can happily
>> live in Linux.
>> Then I found out the cheapest place selling them here wants $950.
>>
>> Ouch.
> 
> Can't you just (famous last words) buy a US model and ship it?
> 

Now you've done it and gone and gotten Geoff started on an import duty 
rant! :-D

My suggestion, get someone who you trust to buy you a PS3, disassemble 
it and send it in multiple packages...

=Nadine=



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