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In article tfu@navajo.gate.net, cirby@news.gate.net (Chad Irby) writes:
> Stephen Knilans (stephenk@netcom.com) wrote:
> 
> : Compaq is NOT a good comparison!  A P75 motherboard now can be
> : had for about $300!  That is WITH VESA and PCI slots, and 256K
> : cache.  At that price, I  don't think an equivalent APPLE could
> : beat it by much ! 
> 
> ....and once you buy the RAM, the hard drive, the power supply, the 
> keyboard, the mouse, the monitor, the video card, the CD-ROM, the 
> operating system, and all of the other stuff to make a whole operating 
> computer, you still get to put it together.
> 
> All for about the same amount of money or MORE!  WHEE!  And when 
> something goes wrong six months from now, and the place you got the 
> pieces from is out of business because they didn't make any margin on the 
> stuff they sold, you get to try and deal with a bunch of parts from 
> fifteen different companies!
> 
> Gee, what a f*&%^$ BARGAIN!
> 
> Chad Irby           /    My greatest fear: that future generations will,
> cirby@gate.net     /      for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."

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Get real! No one puts a PC together from parts bought at
different places. That method will not save money. You can buy
a multi-media P75 system for about $2K with monitor. What type
of Mac can you buy for $2K?

Bob M.