Mac Mini: $599
- 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4
- 56K v.92 Modem
- 256MB RAM
- 80gig hard drive
- Combo drive
- Wireless options: none
- Keyboard and mouse set: none
- AppleCare Protection plan: none

Dell Dimension 3000: $579
- Intel Pentium 4 Processor (2.80GHz, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache)
- 80gig hard drive
- 256MB RAM
- FREE 15" Flat panel display
- 2 year warranty
- Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
- A mouse and a keyboard

There's more. Shall I continue?

EDIT: Oh, and Napster is about 1,000,000 times better than iTunes. I've had both.

 

wow, i dont know THAT much about computers, but my Emachine is way faster than that mac for about 30 bucks more.

Emachine.
-3G AMD Sempron processor
-10/100 mbps ethernet, 56k/ v92 modem
-512 mb ddr sdram
-160 gig Ultra ATA hard drive
-DVD-RW CD-rom drive
-8-in-1 media reader
-17" flat monitor
-NVIDIA GeForce4 MX grahics
-loaded with a bunch of Microsoft programs
-2 year warranty
-firewire ports

i pretty much read this off the box, i mean, i know a little more than the average person, but thats not saying much.

 

There ya go.

 

Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma'am.

 

PCs are way more cost effective now. You can get 64-bit for less than $200 in comparison to a really expensive G4 Macintosh. Sure, Macs provide more processing power but ONLY for certain types of work--power applications such as multimedia, graphics work, 3D, etc. PCs (Windows specifically) has greater compatibility while Macs are really limited.

Overall points (who wins):

Cheapness: PCs
Compatibility: PCs
Processing power: Macs
Processing power for price: PCs
Overall: PCs

Hands down.

 

WOW, you guys obviously know little about macs. Mac rates their processors about 2.2x lower then PC's..sooo a 1.42g mac processor sits at about a little over 3g PC. Go to an apple store and ask.. anyone will tell you thats how it is. So now your emachine is not was faster and neither is ur dell kappa

and also u didnt get the facts right on the Mini

Processor
1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
Memory
256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM, supports up to 1GB
Graphics
ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
Hard drive1
40GB Ultra ATA1
80GB Ultra ATA1
Optical drive
Slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ports
One FireWire 400 port; two USB 2.0 ports; DVI output; VGA output (adapter included)
Networking
Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem3
Wireless
AirPort Extreme option (based on 802.11g specification; IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi certified)4; internal Bluetooth module available as build-to-order option
AudioHeadphone/audio line out

You must be kidding me about compatibility..MAC's are much much much more compatable then a windows system. On terms of plugging stuff in,wireless,output devices. You just plug it into a mac and it works, no filling out **** of having **** not work like on a windows computer. Now you are right, MAC are built for Media work but if you dont know macs ,thats all you think they are for, but they have every option a windows computer has and its much more easy to use, you dont have to go searchin through folders. If you wanna rate both computers on that 4 topic thing, they come out about the same being better in different sections.and im not talking about me and u because we know to much but overall when it comes to a random person, I can bet money that a mac os is much more user friendly, faster, more reliable, and better overall considering my friends and i have lists of people we have gotten to change over from pc to mac.

 

I've never had one problem with something not working when I plug it into a USB on my Windows XP system. The only thing I've installed are drivers for my printer, and software for added features on my keyboard(which wasn't even a USB device so I have no idea why I mentioned that).

 

To add a little flavor...



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hehehe...yes g4 imacs were ugly as ****..the g5s are all white so they look better

 

If we're talking software compatibility, Windows is way ahead of Mac. If you walk into a Best Buy, I'd say about 99% of the software in there is compatible with Windows, but only a few of them are for only Mac or both Mac and Windows.