Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 3rd Aug 2007 15:46 UTC, submitted by Flatline
"The advent of Vista and Mac OS X, along with the ascension of Linux, add new dimensions to a long-time controversy. Now more than ever before, the Mac OS is the most cost effective operating system of all."
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Incorrect.
Take a peak at Techbargains, for example.
You can get a Core 2 Duo system with 1 GB DDR2 SD-RAM, 320 GB HDD, and Windows Vitsa Home Premium for about $530 plus shipping.
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=9/po...]=15:276/popup40[]=20:386/sortby=priceA
For about $160 you can get a fancy 19" widescreen LCD with < 8 ms response time. If you already have a decent screen from your previous system, you can forget about this.
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=37/p...]=150:1400/sortby=priceA
There is even a fairly decent 17in LCD for $19.99 after rebates.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?&ref=cj&pfp=cj&pro...
So say $690 plus shipping for a nice computer and monitor or $550 with that cheap monitor plus shipping. In the latter case, its still cheaper than the weakest Mac Mini, which is priced at $599 I believe.
A cheap iMac with half the HDD capacity, RAM, and a 17" screen (thats probably simular to the $20 one) for about $977 plus shipping.
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/vendorIds[]=129/page_id=9/popup10[]=15:276/sortby=priceA
Edited 2007-08-03 19:46