[geeks] The prices on PCs still amaze me...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: nate at portents.com
>Date: 2007/08/01 Wed AM 11:53:43 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] The prices on PCs still amaze me...

>> Just an interesting factoid...
>>
>> Dell has a special on their Dimension 9200 spec'd as follows for $649:
>
>Eh, it's ok, but I can get a Intel Xeon X3210 Kentsfield 2.13GHz 2 x 4MB
>L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor for $255, or a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
>Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor for $320, so the Dell
>pricing only seems to be about right, nothing special really.  And I'd
>rather choose all my other components and put it together myself anyway.

Self-assembly is preferable, but pre-built has it's place too...

This system has the Q6600 CPU you reference, and my point was the compute power a few hundred dollars can get you (once upon a time, this was the price of a TRS-80 Model I ;^), not absolute bargin in today's market...

Lionel