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Originally Posted by willravel
I can appreciate what you're trying to say, but the Athlon 1.7 is no where near as fast as the 1.25 G4. The Mac comes with a nice big warrante. It bears repeating that you made the mistake of listing the Mac as having a CD-RW drive. The Superdrive has full cd dvd read burn abilities (cd-r at 24x, cd-rw at 10x, and dvd-r at 8x). Also, the eMac has a stereo system with 16 watts of resonant, digitally amplified sound. Compare that to the tiny “sound systems” typically found on PCs. The eMac also features a mini VGA output jack that works with an optional Apple VGA Display Adapter and supports video mirroring, just in case you want something more than the 17 in flat CRT built in. There also has to be some value in the fact that you don't have to assemble a Mac. Also, is the $70 monitor you mentioned a flat screen? This needs to be more specific.
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An Athlon XP 2000+ would be just as fast as a G4 CPU within an OS. The G4 CPU might do better in gaming, but you're not gonna play games on a POS 256 MB RAM system with onboard video anyway. It may bear repeating that I messed up the "supercombo" or whatever it is drive, but let's take it a step further: the eMac at $800 only has a CD-RW. Fair and square now. The PC is still $400 and the eMac is still $800. The video dual display can be fixed by buying a $15 videocard with dual display features or even spending the extra $10 or $15 on a mobo that supports it. The 17" Monitor is flat screen or regular, whichever you want (flat screens offer no advantages if ya ask me, I like flat screens and regulars the same). The warranty is nice, but as explained earlier in this thread, people who are building a PC won't need a warranty.
I'm arguing that storebought Macs are more expensive than custom-built PCs. Storebought PCs have no advantages over Macs.
-Lasereth