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To: spitsong who wrote (31831)	1/16/2002 10:51:21 AM
From: OrionX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Pinza, if you go to Dell's website, you can easily configure a Dimension 4400 for about $1800 and you also get some freebees like a color printer. However, the BIG BIG BIG difference, which many non-computer savvy people would easily overlook, is the integration of all the components like firewire and the integrated S/W tools you get on the Mac which you just can't match on the PC. Just that is easily worth several hundred dollars saved and many many hours of headaches avoided.

To: spitsong who wrote (31831)	1/16/2002 11:05:30 AM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

It is not enough for you in this situation to say that you found such-and-such that compares favorably to the models he chose, without presenting details. It should be. People here might disagree with my subjective opinions, but over the years, they have come to know that I don't make up things. For instance, here are the specs for the NetVista M machine I configured on IBM's website: I wonder why you chose to start from a mid-priced system instead of the cheapest one? Mhhh... Start with a Netvista A, economy model 1.6 GHz Pentium 4, add up hardware until you match the iMac and you'll have a system for $1800 including an extra CD-ROM (on top of the DVD-RAM/DVD-R) that you could sell on Ebay.