Cynthetiq

I apologize, I didn't build my machines, I spec'd them and had someone assemble it to a DOS screen. I configured everything else after that.

At the low end, I do believe there is a premium to the Mac club. It's one of the reasons that Apple created the Mini since that edge of the market was clearly missed by Apple. Apple prices jump from $599 to $999, and my machine was $799 base (2.14 Core2Duo, 250HD, 1Gb RAM, 7300GS. I only added better case/PSU, 2Gb RAM and Nvidia 7900GT card to get to $1,200.) But they clearly miss a whole market segment that does make them appear to be pricier for those that just want to surf, email, and Office type applications.

As a corporate support person I was very much into branded boxes especially when the company was buying them for me to use at home.

For the prosumer that's a great deal. in the broadcast production houses I deal with, FCP is only used for rough cuts and decision making, not final edit.

There was a show in Fine Living the other day that pit Final Cut and Movie Maker between husband and wife to see who could put together something quick and easily and FCP was by far the more impressive.

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