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<blockquote data-quote="MisterDeadeye" data-source="post: 7382871" data-attributes="member: 611015"><p>As far as compatibility and price<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />erformance ratio, Mac</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, for the exact same price, you can get a PC with 8GB RAM, expandable to 16GB, 1.5TB storage, 3.4GHz Intel i7, which you can boost up to 3.8GHz, and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. It comes with an HDMI, eight USBs, memory card slots for SD cards, all of the Memory Stick cards, and more, one FireWire, and both a headphone and mircophone jack. It also comes with a full set of various jacks on the back that I haven't included, and has a built-in wireless network card and an ethernet jack.</p><p></p><p>The only real comparable specs I see are the headphone/microphone jacks, one FireWire, and the network cards. I didn't mention this earlier, but both of the computers I'm comparing have dual layer burning DVD capability. The Mac mini's maximum speed is 8x, and while I haven't found any information confirming this, I'm sure the PC's is faster because my three year old laptop is faster.</p><p></p><p>So, for major differences: at the same price, you can effectively double the processing power, gain 50% more storage, gain four USB slots, and memory card compatibility, and go from an integrated graphics card with 256MB SDRAM shared with the rest of your memory to a standalone graphics card with dedicated 1GB memory.</p><p></p><p>If you go Mac, you'll have to get/find all new software, learn to use a completely different operating system(which isn't without its faults), and waste ~$600(you can get a PC with the same technical specs of the most expensive Mac mini for anywhere from $400-500). On the other hand, if you stay PC, you can figure out how to protect yourself from viruses. With different real-time shields, virus removers, and scanners, you can ensure that you are ten steps ahead of any virus that TRIES to attack your computer. You get the most for your money, and won't need to upgrade the computer for quite a long time. You can put the tower beside your TV, and use it the same way that you'd use a Mac mini.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/2247/2247075_ra.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>EDIT: Considering you get a discount at Dell, and a Dell is the computer I was comparing this to, you could save even more money. Full model number is Dell XPS x8300-5215NBK. Don't worry about the different manufacturers, really. They're just different names for the same internal components. The hardware is really where the different manufacturers differ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MisterDeadeye, post: 7382871, member: 611015"] As far as compatibility and price:performance ratio, Mac On the other hand, for the exact same price, you can get a PC with 8GB RAM, expandable to 16GB, 1.5TB storage, 3.4GHz Intel i7, which you can boost up to 3.8GHz, and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. It comes with an HDMI, eight USBs, memory card slots for SD cards, all of the Memory Stick cards, and more, one FireWire, and both a headphone and mircophone jack. It also comes with a full set of various jacks on the back that I haven't included, and has a built-in wireless network card and an ethernet jack. The only real comparable specs I see are the headphone/microphone jacks, one FireWire, and the network cards. I didn't mention this earlier, but both of the computers I'm comparing have dual layer burning DVD capability. The Mac mini's maximum speed is 8x, and while I haven't found any information confirming this, I'm sure the PC's is faster because my three year old laptop is faster. So, for major differences: at the same price, you can effectively double the processing power, gain 50% more storage, gain four USB slots, and memory card compatibility, and go from an integrated graphics card with 256MB SDRAM shared with the rest of your memory to a standalone graphics card with dedicated 1GB memory. If you go Mac, you'll have to get/find all new software, learn to use a completely different operating system(which isn't without its faults), and waste ~$600(you can get a PC with the same technical specs of the most expensive Mac mini for anywhere from $400-500). On the other hand, if you stay PC, you can figure out how to protect yourself from viruses. With different real-time shields, virus removers, and scanners, you can ensure that you are ten steps ahead of any virus that TRIES to attack your computer. You get the most for your money, and won't need to upgrade the computer for quite a long time. You can put the tower beside your TV, and use it the same way that you'd use a Mac mini. [IMG]http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/2247/2247075_ra.jpg[/IMG] EDIT: Considering you get a discount at Dell, and a Dell is the computer I was comparing this to, you could save even more money. Full model number is Dell XPS x8300-5215NBK. Don't worry about the different manufacturers, really. They're just different names for the same internal components. The hardware is really where the different manufacturers differ. [/QUOTE]
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