Try to beat this price

[evoWALO]

2 x 2.66GHz Dual-core Xeon (Woodcrest)
1GB 667MHz FB-DIMM
250GB HDD
Nvidia GeForce 7300GT, 256MB
16x DL-DVD writer (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Aluminum ATX case
-cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays
-four internal hard drive carriers

PSU
-300-400watt

Logitech wired mouse & wired keyboard with built in USB hub

dual socket Core Xenon mainboard based on an Intel-based chipset
-Firewire 800 card (minus this if the mainboard has it built-in)
-gigabit ethernet card (minus this if the mainboard has 2 built-in)
-must be able to handle 8 FB-DIMM slots
-three full-length PCI Express expansion slots and one double-wide PCI Express graphics slot to support high-powered, double-wide graphics cards

audio card (if built-in to mainboard strike this out)
-optical digital input and output
-analog audio input and output,

WinXP Pro

Try to beat the price via DIY or OEM like Dell.

[Ultra_Kool_Dude]

Beat which price?

[cvrefugee]

Those are the specs for the Mac Pro...in at least one configuration.

[Lilleput]

Either way you are going to end up with an mac

[Overheat]

where's the price?

[cvrefugee]

Originally Posted by Overheat

where's the price?

Here's the default config

[Cobol74]

Errrr, am I the only one a bit confused?

[sandor_]

its true, take those specs and change it to dual dual-core 2.0 ghz chips, and with student discount its only $1962 here. for under $3000 you can get the dual dual-core 3.0 ghz parts....


able to load on windows, and the beast is quick.

apple's price for performance just started looking really nice.

[Cobol74]

OK, got it. Irrelevant outside North America, byeeee.

[sandor_]

only slightly so

http://tinyurl.com/rfpvr


how is £1699 for dual dual-core Xeons with all the previously listed shiite? (including VAT)

[Cobol74]

Sorry, should have said not a MAC user - too 'designed' I'm afraid.

[sandor_]

true. i guess the OP's point was probably that, regardless of what you think of Macintosh as an OS, Apple is selling the fastest hardware available in consumer-land for cheaper than the competition (apple's prices for a 4 processor Xeon machine is only a smidge higher than dell's for a 2 processor machine) so whether you run 64 bit os x or 64 bit XP, the hardware is still hot.

EDIT


and it looks like dual dual-core 2.66's will run you about $4000 at HP, vs $2500 at apple... i smell price drops soon.

[gtrietsc]

Isnt Woodcrest a server class chip, a Xeon? Wouldnt a Core 2 Duo be a better comparison?

[chaos386]

Originally Posted by gtrietsc

Isnt Woodcrest a server class chip, a Xeon? Wouldnt a Core 2 Duo be a better comparison?

You can't run Core 2 Duo chips in SMP, which is why the Mac Pro uses Xeons.

EDIT: I just did a price check at Newegg, and here's what I found:

2 x 2.66GHz Woodcrest Xeons $1,521.98
2 x 512MiB 667MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM $209.98
Intel dual-CPU LGA771 server board with 16GiB RAM capacity $519.99

Total: $2,251.95

And that's just for the CPU, RAM and motherboard!

[evoWALO]

Beat the $2500 price tag. The point of this thread is to dispel the myth that MAcs cost mroe than PCs.

[TechZ]

Originally Posted by evoWALO

Beat the $2500 price tag. The point of this thread is to dispel the myth that MAcs cost mroe than PCs.

Its still a MAC

[Buba]

And I'd still rather have a Core2Duo...

[sandor_]

Originally Posted by TechZ

Its still a MAC

No, its still an Apple computer, sure you can run the Macintosh OS on it, but you can also run XP.

[hype]

ewwww apple macs

[sandor_]

Originally Posted by Buba

And I'd still rather have a Core2Duo...

FYI, the newest Xeons (Woodcrest) have the same architecture as the Core2Duo (Conroe). In other words, their performance is the same, but the Xeon is shipping with higher processor speeds than the Core2Duo.


The main difference is that the Woodcrest is 64 bit, and Conroe is 32 and Woodcrest can be used in multiple dual-core processor configurations (Conroe is limited to only one dual-core)