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iMac vs. The World: Round Deux

By Nick, February 15, 2006

It looks like my last article struck a nerve with our readers! First, I’ll start by addressing some concerns raised by some readers:

“It’s not really a very good comparison, because nobody’s caring to buy those items compared to the traditional tower/flat panel combo”
The first piece was created with the intent of showing how all-in-ones compare from different manufacturers. Also, I don’t think it’s so much that consumers don’t care to buy all-in-ones as much as it is that they don’t know about them. I feel that the all-in-one has a place in the consumer marketplace and can take a fairly large chunk of the market if they were given some promotion. Instead, only one company seems to make all-in-ones a priority: Apple.

This article will focus on a more typical tower PC configuration.

“And what about the Antivirus and Firewall software you have to subscribe to on the Gateway?”
I guess one could make a snide remark about .mac and yearly iLife updates. I choose not to go that route.

“What is the OP really trying to say?  That Macs are truly competitive in prices?  Can’t anyone see how he factored in the discounted Macs and choose any other PC?”
Yes, actually. Or at least some Macs are. And the iMac’s $1299 price tag is indeed the regular price and not a discount. If there is a rebate or discount, I will note both the regular and discounted price. Please note that the prices listed are in United States…
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GMail is now GMail +talk

By Liam, February 14, 2006

If disabling AdBlock resolves the problem, but you’d still like to use it in conjunction…
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Really Bad Geek Pickup Lines

By Nick, February 14, 2006

Spending another Valentines Day alone? My dissatisfaction-guaranteed Geek Pickup Lines are certain to keep it that way! Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Hey babe, what’s your chipset?
  • Is it hot in here or is it the Dual-core G5?
  • I lost my IP address. Can I have yours?
  • Come here and fill my empty RAM slot.
  • You want a piece of this hardware, don’t you? Oh yeah!
  • You’re one hot motherboard!
  • What’s a pretty Athlon 64 like you doing in a place like this?
  • I’m 2.5 GHz and very available.
  • I have an amazing Reality Distortion Field.
  • You are my master (drive), I am your slave.

Hey, stop groaning; I never said these were any good! raspberry

Got some more? Post a comment! Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!


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iMac vs. The World: Round 1

By Nick, February 14, 2006

We’ve all heard how Macs are supposedly so much more expensive than PCs, but now that Apple is going Intel, is this still the truth? Some may ask if this was ever even true in the first place. Now that the playing field has been leveled some, we’ll be able to get a better idea of where Apple stands in terms of price.

This is the first of a “whenever I damn well feel like it” series comparing the price and specifications of the iMac to various Windows PC counterparts, mostly to satisfy my own curiosity and maybe crush some myths. This comparison does not take into account more subjective factors such as design. Also, this comparison only take into account initial cost of purchase, not total cost of ownership.

For this comparison, I took a 17” Gateway Profile 5.5C and a 17” iMac Core Duo. I went with the stock iMac and a customized Profile, since the base Profile was rather stripped down. The results were somewhat surprising.

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Gateway Profile 5.5iMac Core Duo 17”
3.2 GHz Pentium 4 640 with Hyperthreading1.83 GHz Core Duo (dual core)
160 GB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive160 GB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
512 MB DDR SDRAM512 MB DDR2 SDRAM
17” LCD display, 1280x1024 resolution17” LCD display, 1440x900 resolution
DVD+/-RW CD-RW driveDual-layer DVD+/-RW CD-RW drive
Integrated Intel Graphics 900, up to 128 MB Shared VRAMATI Radeon X1600, 128 MB GDDR3 VRAM
gigabit ethernet, no modem, no 802.11 a/b/g, no Bluetoothgigabit


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The Apple Method

By moreApple, February 12, 2006

What is Apple’s method for sales success when product cycles are getting quicker and quicker?  In seduction, when someone has figured out a way to bed women repeatably, they name their method (e.g. The Mystery Method).  In electronics, Apple has been practicing for years and successfully attracting customers like me and you.

Excuses or coincidences that have happened around when I get the itch for a new Apple:
1) Something was recently released but only by Apple
2) There was a price cut on ANY model, not necessarily even related to what I’m after
3) Rumors predict something very big, like wireless iPods, but I presume it won’t reach the product I’m intersted in (nano) until later---and I’m hungry now

I try hard not to buy toys these days because for whatever reason, growing up or not, I have realized decreasing returns on them as far as my emotions.  At the same time I like to be practical.  I have a 30gb iPod and a mini-sized Nokia phone.  I don’t wish to carry either but if they could both disappear without loss of functionality I’d make the investment immediately.

So yes I buy for practical reasons too.  Apple appeals to me because it’s better designed and more usable; simpler.  Cleaner too except all the scratches which are even on the new iMac remote. 

So I know I’m probably going to use an Apple product in any area of electronics because I figure they’ll be superior.  I’m already a switcher and I’m…
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