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That's about $1450 in USD. The only reason you're paying more than the cost of the machine is because they know how to put together a computer, they are liable if it breaks (through the warranty), and they physically assembled it into working condition. You could buy a stronger PC if you wanted to build it yourself, but in doing that you do not have a close to home warranty, and you must know a good bit about computers to troubleshoot the actual building and installation of an operating system on it.
I priced that PC exactly on NewEgg.com and it came out to approximately $800 USD after shipping. Add in Windows XP Professional and it's at $950 USDs. In other words, if you built this computer from scratch, it'd cost you around $1,120 CADs.
It's up to you to decide if the extra money you'll pay is worth the warranty and actual computer build/installation. I don't think it's a bad deal if you consider every factor (labor, the operating system, warranty). Does the computer come with a keyboard, mouse, or monitor? And it does come with Windows XP installed, right?
-Lasereth
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