the lowest end mac is a total ripoff for that price...
XP 1800= $70 (retail)
EPoX 8RDA =$88
512MB DDR=$150
80gig IBM drive=$101
CDRW/DVD=$90
Antec+350 watt=$180
Gforce4Ti4200=$150
now that system I described is faster has twice the memory... 1/3 more HDD space... its got a much faster graphics card... and its much cheaper.... I dunno what would attract people to crapple hardware these days...
Um....you forgot to add Windows ($129), keyboard ($50 if you want a decent one) and optical mouse ($30), plus the cost of someone to put it all together for the average person. Even then you are at 1/2 the cost. But then you are stuck with Windows (or Linux).
