All of that equipment was made by teams of Chinese people who are paid very poorly and aren't treated all that well either. The P3 is a labor of love put together by a select few engineers. Its probably built by people in California with health coverage, life insurance, and a decent living wage...
Not to mention that Elecraft provides excellent support beyond that of the sale! You're not going to get that from the company that made that computer. You're not going to be informed of hardware modifications and upgrades that will improve your system with well done step by step documentation written up on how to perform the mods. Not to mention that they'll even kit the parts to you if you can't find them on your own. You get more than just the hardware for your 700 bucks! Just something to think about! Personally I see it as a little high but still yet very fair! ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 16:00 -0500, S Sacco wrote: > By way of comparison, $700 would buy the following PC and monitor at Costco: > > Processor & Memory: > > Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300 (2.5GHz) > 4MB L2 cache > 1333MHz Front Side Bus > 6GB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM memory (4 Dimms) > > Drives: > > 640GB (7,200RPM) SATA 3Gb/s hard drive > LightScribe 16x max DVD±R/RW drive > > Graphics & Video: > > Integrated Intel X4500 Graphics > HP 2009m Wide Movado LCD Monitor > > Communications: > > Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN > > Audio: > > Integrated 7.1 channel capable sound w/ front audio ports > > Keyboard & Mouse: > > Amalthea wired USB keyboard > Portia wired USB mouse > > Expandability (Total Slots): > > Total memory slots: 4 DIMMS > 1x PCIe x16 > 3x PCIe x1 > > Ports: > > Front headphone and mic ports > 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Back) > > Operating System: > > Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) > > Additional Software: > > Microsoft® Works 9.0 > > Additional Information: > > CPU Dimensions: 16.85" L x 6.97" W x 15.32" H > Power Supply: 300W > > Just something to think about. Personally, I feel $700 is too much. > > 73, > Steve > NN4X > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
