<a href='http://www.apple.com/macmini/' target='_blank'>Link</a>

For those of you who thought you would never be able to afford a Mac, there is hope!

:: wispers so GTS can't hear ::

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>I'm getting one</span>

:bluethumb:

I baptize you in the name of Jobs, Woz and the Holy Apple... welcome to a new life brother!


:angel:

techfan4 Wrote::: wispers so GTS can't hear ::

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>I'm getting one</span>

BLASPHEMY In the high church of NCAABBS. :D

Mac's rule! I'm happily sitting here typing on one.

Tulsaman Wrote:

techfan4 Wrote::: wispers so GTS can't hear ::

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>I'm getting one</span>

BLASPHEMY In the high church of NCAABBS. :D

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

Did you know that Wal-Mart sells a more powerful desktop running Xandros Linux for under $200?

I stand by that statement that every person I've gotten to try Mandrake Linux OE has been thrilled and kept it.... without paying a dime.

georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Did you know that Wal-Mart sells a more powerful desktop running Xandros Linux for under $200?

<a href='http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3380786&cat=41937&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937' target='_blank'>Holy crap</a> GTS, you're my hero. I've been looking for a cheap yet usable computer since my POS $2000 Gateway crapped out.

Lethemeul Wrote:

georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Did you know that Wal-Mart sells a more powerful desktop running Xandros Linux for under $200?

<a href='http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3380786&cat=41937&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937' target='_blank'>Holy crap</a> GTS, you're my hero. I've been looking for a cheap yet usable computer since my POS $2000 Gateway crapped out.

Enjoy. I *highly* recommend putting Mandrake Linux 10.1 OE on there if you aren't happy with Xandros for whatever reason. I haven't used Xandros, but I heard it's designed to be graphically friendly to people using Linux that were use to Windows.

$499 Macintosh:
1.25 GHz G4 processor
40 GB hard drive
CD-R/DVD-ROM optical drive
256MB DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9200 (32 MB, AGP 4x)
Onboard Ethernet
Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther"

$199 Xandros Linux PC (Wal-Mart):
1.50 GHz AMD Sempron 2200+ (with 3Dnow+)
20 GB hard drive
Integrated graphics (64 MB)
Integrated 5.1 Channel AC'97 Audio
AGP 8x Ghx slot (unused)
Onboard Ethernet
128MB DDR SDRAM
Stereo Speakers
Xandros Linux Standard v2.0

The Macintosh --> though well over twice as expensive, is only slightly faster with more hard drive. For about $80 to $100 you could buy a fast 80 GB IDE hard drive and another 128 MB stick of DDR .. and that Macintosh will be eaten for breakfast by a Linux PC that is about 70% the cost. Big surprise (not).

From Wal-Mart: 3,000+ Free software applications that include Business and Finance, Education, Multimedia, Software development, Utilities, Web Authoring, Games (note: some games may require an AGP video card to run), and much more!

That doesn't include the tens of thousands of programs for free out there you can download and install.

GTS, this thread has nothing to do with Linux.

I was merely sharing that you could now have a Mac at a cheaper price point than what people have grown accustomed to.

tarheelsben1 Wrote:GTS, this thread has nothing to do with Linux.

I was merely sharing that you could now have a Mac at a cheaper price point than what people have grown accustomed to.

I know -- I was just pointing out that even if the Mac is $499 --> You can still obtain a better, faster, more readily available and updateable PC for much cheaper.