nat, thats ugly. sent, i thought you said that was just a case (tbh, i prefer not being able to see my computer's innards)

The blackbird is not ugly, what it isn't is a brushed steel box :P

yes it is. those cases only look half decent becasue they are being compared to a beautiful mac in the nasty surroundings of my house.

http://www.apple.com/macpro/

looks better there :P

Abel wrote: nat, thats ugly.  sent, i thought you said that was just a case (tbh, i prefer not being able to see my computer's innards)

That is just a case. Then you put the bits inside.
That Mac case is still ugly on their site, and the Thermaltake Armour actually looks like that in real life, cos Nat has one.
The Blackbird isn't bad.
Now, for a truly OTT case design, the Acer Predator:

Those black arms are hinges. The entire front panel hinges up and backwards to let you use the CD drives, front panel USB/audio connectors, and power button..

ok. im lost. what i was saying is you can not buy a pc, for the same price as a mac, which looks as good as one.

it is not. although i detest the 'tower of power' thing...*shudder*
tis ugly.
that would break sooo easily.

Abel wrote: ok. im lost. what i was saying is you can not buy a pc, for the same price as a mac, which looks as good as one.

True, the PC will be less than the mac :D

*slaps* how dare you!
apple take better care of their customers :P did you hear about the guy who smashed his iphone so they gave him a new one for free?

One or two publicity stunts do not good customer care make.


Those cases I linked are £100, right? Plus about £400 for the innards, and you've got a 2.5GHz Core2Duo system with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and good graphics for about £500. Find me a Mac that good for that price, please. Bonus points if it looks any good.


Edit: and yeah, I don't like the orange Predator case either.

Sentynel wrote: Those cases I linked are £100, right? Plus about £400 for the innards, and you've got a 2.5GHz Core2Duo system with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and good graphics for about £500. Find me a Mac that good for that price, please. Bonus points if it looks any good.

Queue tumble-weed

Do you mean cue?

i think he does...

you arent costing in labour.

I'll give you £100's leeway for labour then. Bearing in mind I'm using reputable-brand components at retail prices, rather than no-name components at wholesale prices that Apple will be using.

ok ok ok. if i dont find anything by monday you win. >.<

damn you! do you mean £600 total??

This is the closest i can get at the moment...over the weekend i'll find out how much it is without all the extra stuff...
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive
Apple Mighty Mouse
Keyboard (British) & User’s Guide (English)
Country Kit
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory
20-inch glossy widescreen LCD
AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Sentynel wrote: Do you mean cue?

thats tyhe badger, i knew it wasn't the right word but for the life of me couldn't think which was the correct word :P

Abel wrote: ok ok ok. if i dont find anything by monday you win. >.<

damn you! do you mean £600 total??

This is the closest i can get at the moment...over the weekend i'll find out how much it is without all the extra stuff...
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive
Apple Mighty Mouse
Keyboard (British) & User’s Guide (English)
Country Kit
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory
20-inch glossy widescreen LCD
AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Not bad, but the graphics card is a sucky low-end job. Older processor, too, I believe. Must try harder.

meh, that took me like 5 mins. unlike SOMEONE i dont have all the time in the world. i think you can pick different graphics cards, there are many options :P

No, new processor, but slow one.
Yes, get better graphics card!

attempting to find a mac for about £600 is difficult, the mac mini is too small to fit anything in so the imac is the only option but (as you can see) it comes with a $hit load of other stuff.

Dansariki wrote: No, new processor, but slow one.

Er, yes it is. The only 2.4GHz Core2Duo is an old Allendale core.



Edit: bwahahahaha, a massive line has formed outside Apple's flagship store for... no apparent reason. Mmm, sheep.

well, they are american, what do you expect? :P

other than that

how dare you! I'm not a sheep, ive used macs when they were reserved for geeks and creatives. unlike you PC using droid ;)