I dont get why if you can get it cheaper that you just dont buy it yourself and put it in? If you can write code you can surely plug-in a video card.
I agree there are a lot of people who need to play games and there are people who could care less. I dont just write code and work with word processing like you assume. I do a lot with video and photography as well and thats where I will gladly pay extra to have a better machine. You can argue it all you want, pc people always do until they work with a mac for awhile, then their opinion changes. I work for myself and my pocket book depends on how much work I get done, not how many aliens I frag and since I switched to a mac 2 years ago it's amazing how not only my production has risen but my wallets certainly gotten a lot fatter. Personally, I would take that over fraggin aliens any day. So too me spending extra $$ on a better system is a no brainer. If I wanna play games I will just start dating multiple women again, least the fraggin I do there is a lot more enjoyable, lol > Welp, that's really not the way it works. > > PC Games are quite different than console games. And if you have the > proper hardware, pc games offer much higher graphics fidelity and > scope of gameplay than Consoles. For example the RTS genre on the > console cannot come close to the PC, neither can Simulation (aside > from car racing), or even FPS since the Mouse and Keyboard is just a > better setup (The Wii controller may change this). And how about X4 > type games like Star Commander or X3 Reunion? No counterparts on the > Console. > > So the PC is truly a Multi-Function device. And the same device I can > send emails and write code on is the same device I can do some > fantastic 1920 x 1200 wide screen gaming on. > > The PC manufactures always list the most current cards on their high > end machines. My point is that Apple, on its High End Machines do NOT > list the most current cards, but they PRICE the cards as though they > represented the high end of the market. > > in other words, Apple is paying under US$77.00 for a 7300GT(and I > think that is a 512MB card, apple's is 256MB). But they are selling > it > for much more than that as an option for the Mac. > > To add A SINGLE extra 7300GT costs US$149.00. > > How do you explain that the cost of a 7300GT from Apple is Double > that > of the card at retail? > > There's nothing special about this card except that it is going into > an Apple machine. It doesn't perform any better or faster than a > 7300GT off the shelf. And no, i do not think that you can take any > Nvidia card off the shelf and slap it into your Mac. I'm not a Mac > user, but I really don't think you can do that. > > If you aren't a gamer and all you use your computer for is work, then > any mid range machine should do.A tricked out Mac Pro is truly > overkill for just writing code, doing some word processing and > reading > email in the first place. > > The fact is that most PCs in the home do double duty between work and > entertainment and that's very normal. > > What you are saying only serves to reinforce the one dimensional > nature of the Mac and serves to illustrate where it simply cannot > compete with the PC. > > On 3/19/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > its not like you cant just open it up and add it yourself. At this > point its up to the card makers to have them compatible with Apples, > and I'm sure you will be seeing more of them. And if you say that some > of those cards are older ones then maybe the options they show are > just the ones they picked but you might call apple and see if you can > use others. > > > > Dell only lists a few options to add video cards as well but that > doesnt mean you cant add other ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
