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: |> Oh yes, the P6, retailing for likely twice the amount of the 604 when
: |> it arrives, will somehow be _cheaper_ in quad-processor
: |> configurations?  

Umm right I think Mac users are a tad, well, stupid when it comes to 
pricing.  I think macs are excellent computers for most of the 
population, if you use ms-windows give up and use a mac, its better.  But 
Macs have always been more expensive and I look at their prices compared 
to compaq and packard bell, and they are still MUCH more expensive and 
usually don't include a monitor or keyboard, yet manage to be more 
expensive than overpriced PCs.  Now if you got a REAL PC, build it 
yourself or have a small shop do it for you, it would be much cheaper, a 
p6 than a 604.  Powermacs are a royal rip-off.  I don't see why mac users 
can't see that, its right there in the numbers.  I won't comment on 
performance because I have not even read anything on this but give me a 
break...   Macs are expensive because apple controlled their market and 
did their advertising until recently and they still do tons of 
advertising.  Whereas if I build a PC up myself, I might pay for the 
advertising of the harddisk company and the motherboard, processer 
company (Intel) but that's it.  It is very clear.  And to think that a 
packard bell or a compaq with a monitor is cheaper than a slightly lesser 
mac without keyboard or monitor.. (Sorry, I don't see identical 
compaq/mac configurations so I say a lesser mac to make it more fair)

: Volume discounts?

Heh =)
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