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  Developer Notes from WWDC 2003
Subject:   price
Date:   2003-06-24 14:55:53
From:   revdiablo
Oh, and next time someone says, "Well, I think Mac OS X is a cool operating system, but I don't really want to pay a premium price for the hardware to run it," pull this out of your back pocket.


You can buy a 2 GHz dual processor G5 that can hold up to 8 GB of memory with a Radeon 9600 Pro graphics card, 4X SuperDrive, high performance I/O, serial ATA hard drives, 133 MHz PCI slots, and full SMP


Sorry to break it to you, but despite being cheaper than the (arguably) equivalent x86 box... this hardware still runs for what I would call a premium price. I mean, one may say it's "premium" hardware... but it's still pretty pricey. My beef with Apple hardware is not necessarily with their price-performance ratio, but more with the absolute price. Perhaps OS X really does require extremely beefy hardware, but I cannot find any seemingly affordable machines at Apple.com. And before anyone replies: no, an 800mhz eMac for $800 is not affordable; remember I'm talking absolute dollars here. I wouldn't ever spend more than $500 for a complete system, no matter how powerful.
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    2003-06-24 16:39:17  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    So your talking about a low-end consumer machine, I think your in the wrong area. The area for cheap throwaway computers is to your left and down a couple of blocks next to the Pinto over there. Do you see it?

    I guess you can buy a $500 dollar PC every year but why not just get a G5 for $46 a month using Apple loan. It is an operating expense and immediately deductable. Mac's average a 5-7 year life and Apple has historically designed their OS's to work with older hardware. I mean the G3 running at 300Mhz can run OS X very well with enough RAM.

    If you want to save money, do it smartly.