[grokit]

 
Wow Linux guys are really smug 

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[FallenAngel]

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Hey now, you're the one that started it!
 
Anyways this graph proves that Mac users are still a huge minority; if there are sheeple following the herd it's definitely the Windoze users:
 

This is fun! Keep setting the pins up and I will continue to knock them down 

Sorry, couldn't resist.
 

 
This is an Audio forum, iPods still rule the personal audio market:
 
09/2009 Market Share Stats

 
 
Yeah... can't help replying in graphs, they're just so cool and convincing sounding when debating online.

 

[BobSaysHi]

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RAID is overkill and still can't compete with Time Machine/Capsule for backup even though it's available for the Mac, just like Drobo and NAS and whatever else floats your boat. These are all archival protocols, while Time Machine is a true backup that provides an animated snapshot of your OS for any given time-point in the past for use in retrieving a file using Apple's Core Animation API.
 
How much does Microsoft charge for a RAID card? Oh right, they don't really make anything of note besides Xboxes these days!
 

I loled. Are you serious? Microsoft doesn't venture into the business of manufacturing PC components, leaving third parties to build their own systems (Dell, etc.).
 
I'm sorry I sounded bitter in the last couple posts. I usually just let Apple worshippers be.
 

 

[Thecoolguy]

 

[Baird GoW]

So lets see here:
$1230: CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117181&cm_re=intel_nehalem-_-19-117-181-_-Product
$60: HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
$104: GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490R&cm_re=5770-_-14-127-490R-_-Product
$40: RAMhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134828
$130: MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130227R
$70: PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256071
$25: Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811164093
$250 on Google for 18x super drive and I'm sure I could find it cheaper
Free: OS
GRAND TOTAL $1909
I'LL MAKE MY OWN THANK YOU
 
 
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Its really not, at least for my age group it isnt a generalization. Im 19 and most people in my age group will say because they look cool.
 

 
I'm 20 they say the same s**t to me.
 
 
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this
 

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RAID is overkill and still can't compete with Time Machine/Capsule for backup even though it's available for the Mac, just like Drobo and NAS and whatever else floats your boat. These are all archival protocols, while Time Machine is a true backup that provides an animated snapshot of your OS for any given time-point in the past for use in retrieving a file using Apple's Core Animation API.
 
How much does Microsoft charge for a RAID card? Oh right, they don't really make anything of note besides Xboxes these days!
 

HAHAHAHA. RAID is overkill? U srs bro? I have 7 1.5TB in a raid 6 array off a perc 6/i raid controller and have speeds not far from sdd... I can lose 2 HDDS and still have a operating computer...
 

 

[jaredn13]

Yuk @ Apple display!  HP LP3065 all the way!

My first choice was the HP ZR30W. I would have bought it too, but I got this ACD at work for $499 brand new. Pretty much the same LG ips panels anyway and no OSD just like the ZR, input lag is pretty much non existent.

 

[BobSaysHi]

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GRAND TOTAL $1909
I'LL MAKE MY OWN THANK YOU
 
 

To be completely fair, Apple's case costs significantly more than $25. 

 

[grokit]

 
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Yeah... can't help replying in graphs, they're just so cool and convincing sounding when debating online.

Lol, who was discussing iPods, is that how far you have to reach to make a point when we are discussing the comparative merits of desktop operating systems?
 
 
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I loled. Are you serious? Microsoft doesn't venture into the business of manufacturing PC components, leaving third parties to build their own systems (Dell, etc.).
 
I'm sorry I sounded bitter in the last couple posts. I usually just let Apple worshippers be.

As I said earlier, the only thing that makes me prefer Apple is all the time I waste using Windoze which is quite a bit. Thanks for bringing up one of Apple's biggest advantages though, which is the integration of software written specifically for hardware made by the same company. I usually don't participate in circular arguments either but these are fun from my point of view, and that is the point of view of someone that has been using both platforms extensively for decades now.
 

 

[Farnsworth]

 
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So lets see here:
$1230: CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117181&cm_re=intel_nehalem-_-19-117-181-_-Product
$60: HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
$104: GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490R&cm_re=5770-_-14-127-490R-_-Product
$40: RAMhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134828
$130: MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130227R
$70: PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256071
$25: Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811164093
$250 on Google for 18x super drive and I'm sure I could find it cheaper
Free: OS
GRAND TOTAL $1909
I'LL MAKE MY OWN THANK YOU
 

 
That's not really a compelling argument considering any home built computer will beat any OEM computer in terms of price, regardless of mac or PC.
 

 

[HesterDW]

Steve Jobs is the worst of all. I think his attitude transfers to his customers. Watch him on stage and you cannot say hes not smug. But back to posting rigs. 
 

 

[JamesMcProgger]

you mean 20$ case + 3.50$ LLED in the logo?

 

[Baird GoW]

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To be completely fair, Apple's case costs significantly more than $25. 

Actually I bet it costs them less than $25 to make them. And whats wrong with that case? Is it not "cool"?
 
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That's not really a compelling argument considering any home built computer will beat any OEM computer in terms of price.
 

That is pretty much my point... Why wouldn't you build your own?
 

 

[grokit]

 
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That's not really a compelling argument considering any home built computer will beat any OEM computer in terms of price, regardless of mac or PC.

Yes hobbyists are not really part of this discussion for that reason. But I'm surprised that the parts cost so much compared to just buying the whole thing already made, especially with such an inferior case and no OS. I prefer a total solution, complete with a guarantee that everything will work together properly including the software with the hardware. AppleCare FTW!
 

 

[BobSaysHi]

I'm out. Not worth the effort.
 
Back to your regularly scheduled pictures

 

[grokit]

 
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HAHAHAHA. RAID is overkill? U srs bro? I have 7 1.5TB in a raid 6 array off a perc 6/i raid controller and have speeds not far from sdd... I can lose 2 HDDS and still have a operating computer...

Time Capsule is a genuine innovation; it has been out for a couple of years and Windoze still hasn't caught up to it. You can even install a RAID card on an XP system but Windows 2K would be better. Anyways it was just one example of Apple's many innovations.
 
 
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To be completely fair, Apple's case costs significantly more than $25. 

What? Milled aluminum costs more than cheap plastic? Noooooo 

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