On Dec 19, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> Also, never, ever forget that you have to compare historical prices in
> a constant dollar fashion.

Actually, gulp- I just never realized that they used to cost so much  
new!  Despite that though I have never understood why they are simply  
missing an affordable but customizable or expandable desktop.  I  
remember that I had a Quadra 605 and I was definitely not rich when I  
bought that- it was fairly easy to open up and upgrade- though in very  
limited ways- still not enough maybe- so, okay, saying G4 tower was  
not the best comment, and I know iMacs are supposed to be desktops but  
you get stuck with their choice of video card and there aren't a lot  
of slots for extra video cards or internal hi-speed SATA drives, and  
Mac doesn't support eSATA very well at all... why does one pay $1500- 
$2000 more JUST for a couple of video and drive slots?  That's my  
point- there's NOTHING in between.  I really wish I had extra SATA  
space, not merely extra firewire or USB external drive space, and it's  
ridiculous to think of paying $3000 just for that, vs. $1100.

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