How much would you spend on a new PC?

[Quadophile]

kinda like Bang and Olufsen 'Hi-Fi' really.

For those with more money than sense, in other words.

 

[G~MAN]

a mac has a few things over a pc

OS lovely and 'clean' looking ( yes i know u can get a theme for windows, but it just dont match ! )

easebilty ( i know i spelt it wrong ) there is a lot less things that go wrong with a mac, not as much viruses, spyware etc as they are taggeted at windows !

better Multimedia, with itunes and some cool video editing programs mac is known for being better!

look stylish and nice, although i woulfd never have one over a PC ...

HARD to upgrade ... nt sure you can on some models!!

bad for gaming unless you get a mac tower system ( which if your considering u may aswell get a pc! )

 

[floppybootstomp]

Name me one Mac video editing system that's better than using Adobe Premiere using a Matrox PC Card with dedicated breakout box.

This issue about Macs having better video editing software is a myth.

It stems from earlier days when Macs did actually outshine IBM based PC's for that usage, mostly because of the Mac's (at that time) sharper graphics.

I still meet people who hold this view, Ostriches all.

I think even Pinnacle's Studio Nine would hold it's own with Mac video editing software.

Look, there's nothing actually wrong with Macs, if you fancy paying twice as much for a system that just about matches a PC from 2002.

And I-Tunes? Ok, it ain't too shabby is it?

 

[G~MAN]

i aint a mac lover by any means ... but i've heard they are better for video editing on many sites.

hey i dunno ! i was just saying lol !

and in my opinion i think itunes is great ! does all the hardwork for u !

 

[floppybootstomp]

and in my opinion i think itunes is great ! does all the hardwork for u !

Uh, yep, I agreed with you on that one (see above). The Mac's jewel in the crown, lol

 

[G~MAN]

yep ... ive ever really been on ONE mac yes one! lol .. and that was an old school colourful one lol

u know ... the seethrough ones that came in a vast amount of colours

I though it sucked ... lol the noises all seemed disorted MSN was a pain in the A$$ and web browsing sucked! i have yet to witness a more recent mac ... but my friend is getting the new G5 i think it is the one with all the components in the monitor.

il tell you how it is when i get a go ... but the price is ALOT considoring what you get... i mean an X600 in a £1000+ sytem !! its a joke!

 

[Me__2001]

Here’s a mixture of what I already have and what I’d like to upgrade to.

All prices include VAT and from OCUK.

Lian-Li PC-61 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) £82.19
Lian Li Windowed side panel, 2 x Lian Li Optical drive stealth covers £55.00
Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU £82.19
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £120.44
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) – Retail £196.81
Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler £46.94
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 £205.56
2 x Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache (RAID 0) £148.64
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache £65.74
3 x Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable £17.46
Sony DDU1613 DVD-ROM (Black) – OEM £14.69
NEC ND3540 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £28.79
OcUK Value Floppy Drive – Black £7.64
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £352.44
Sony SDM-HS95P X-black 19" LCD Monitor – Black (12ms;DVI input; DVI Cable) £372.95
Logitech Cordless G7 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse £64.57
Logitech Media Keyboard Elite – Retail £17.56
Logitech Z-5500 THX® Certified 5.1 505 Watts Speakers – Retail £210.56
Sundries (IDE cables, lights) £35.00

Total price: £2125.17

Frightening, innit?

it is very frightening, looking at this maybe i could stretch to £2000 IF i needed it, but i doubt it

 

[NR117]

I didn't think my small contribution to this poll would bring out the anti Mac crowd most of whom have never used a modern Mac!