10-02-2006, 10:11 PM
[quote mattkime]This thread is silly.
Yes, there are people for whom these machines make sense.
Yes, there are people who expect the features of a pro machine but can't justify the extra expense of the current line.
I guess we still need to establish who is right and who is wrong....
As the original poster, that was never in question. I was just surprised that the RAM was so prohibatively expensive. It's like buying a nice and car, but gas is suddenly $25 dollars a gallon and it's the only car you make. I never questioned the cost of the machine itself, but the total cost of owership and Apple's decision to make just one of them. Even if you ratcheted down the bto options you still are force to make that RAM decision.
Which is all fine and good, but I was just surprised that it was all we had in a tower. I'd love one, but it's not a good value for me and the iMac has ram limits (I love mine however). Our older towers continue to chug along waiting for reasonable replacements. I hope RAMd®d's thinking is right.
Yes, there are people for whom these machines make sense.
Yes, there are people who expect the features of a pro machine but can't justify the extra expense of the current line.
I guess we still need to establish who is right and who is wrong....
As the original poster, that was never in question. I was just surprised that the RAM was so prohibatively expensive. It's like buying a nice and car, but gas is suddenly $25 dollars a gallon and it's the only car you make. I never questioned the cost of the machine itself, but the total cost of owership and Apple's decision to make just one of them. Even if you ratcheted down the bto options you still are force to make that RAM decision.
Which is all fine and good, but I was just surprised that it was all we had in a tower. I'd love one, but it's not a good value for me and the iMac has ram limits (I love mine however). Our older towers continue to chug along waiting for reasonable replacements. I hope RAMd®d's thinking is right.