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In article <40obve$754@male.EBay.Sun.COM>, writer@sabu.ebay.sun.com (Bob Morrisette) writes:
> 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."
> 
> =============================================================
> 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?

PowerMac 6116, Powermac 7200, Performa 5200 and Performa 631..


> 
> Bob M.
> 
> 
> 


                                    
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