
elevate
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I configured one for $1800 with a 2Ghz P4 and an 80GB drive.The price for a Dell Dimension 4400 with a 1.6 GHz P4 and all the other features of the iMac came to $1,917.00.
Wait, did they just say the performance gap is wider, yet that doesn't mean performance is that different? Yea, I've never been a big fan of TechTV. Do they have info on these benchmarks? How the machines were set up? What applications were run? Go here for some benchmarks. The setup info is not there, but it is linked to on a PC tech site. The most objective tests are the two ArsTestBench tests (int and float). These were developed by both Mac and PC (not necessarily Windows) users.From TechTV: "Today the performance gap is even wider, with Intel's Pentium 4 chip running at 2 GHz, compared with the Apple G4's 876 MHz. But the disparity in chip speed doesn't necessarily translate into better performance...
I realize this argument is somewhat futile. For Mac users, and a good sector of commonplace PC users, the new iMac is a nice package. For me, it conjures up feelings of ....meh. I build my computers, and I encourage others to do so because that is where you are going to get something truely deserving of the "Power" monicker and for less money.
BTW, I think Dell gets their LCD screens from the same people that make Apple's LCD's.