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Dell or Apple

Nov 4, 2004 5:26AM PST

I am looking for a new PC for Christmas. I have looked at the iMac G5 and the Dell 8400 and 4700. I really can't decide between them!

I know I don't want an eMac but apart from that I dunno.

I use Windows XP Home Edition at the moment but I'll swap to OSX if its better. And iLife looks cool, but I've neva used it.

Plz help as I need to decide by the end of November.

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Re: Dell or Apple
Nov 4, 2004 7:16AM PST

Dell with ePCI graphics...

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Re: Dell or Apple
Nov 4, 2004 7:23AM PST

Once you go to either camp, you pretty much tied to it due to s/w expense or work related projects. I'm PC all the way as at the time many moons ago, IBM shareware was so much available it far out-weighted anything from Apple world. The plain fact is Apple does very well in many tasks and if you like it stick with it. Getting a G5 will certainly be expensive but ince done you get your money as you hardly need anything else, but maybe s/w. As for the IBM pcs(dell, etc.) there's a heck of a selection but cost to get a decent yet powerful systsem, shou, be at least $300-400 cheaper. So choose...

good luck -----Willy Grin

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Re: Dell or Apple

All I can say is that everyone I know that has added an Mac has never regretted it. I know 8 people in the last year that have purchased either iBooks or PowerBooks.
The mac OS has so much to offer...from built-in pdf creation, to true multitasking..the the quality of the iApps. here are 59,940 reasons to consider the Mac.
http://www.macnn.com/news/26856

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Sorry, you don't know my dad.
Nov 4, 2004 11:19AM PST

He went back to the PC after a few Macs.

It's not that rosy...

Bob