Also dont forget this was your reply earlier "I want to be able to yank that lame ATI X1600 out of the MAC and drop in a 1900XT or one of the new 2600XTX cards. When I can do that, I'll consider purchasing a MAC to run Windows on. ;-)"
And I gave you the answer. I didnt say it was cheaper and you didnt ask for it to be cheaper. You will always find something wrong with something, so why bother? If you like your pc then stay with it but why you'd even bother with mac threads is beyond me... > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
