Re: kim's post, athlon processors, et. al.

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

On Aug 2, 2004, at 4:59 AM, loop.pool wrote:

>  I imagine that if you bought a dual processor G5 with maximum CPU 
> speed and
> a good MOTU audio interface that you could probaby be humming in the 
> first week of
> owning the system.   Just be prepared to lay out $3,000-$4,500 for 
> such a
> system.

Don't imagine!  Just look!

First of all, you don't need a G5.  I don't even think DP4 has been 
released as a 64 bit version.  If you want to be like me...

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/families/powermac/

So that's $1300, but comes with an extra half gig of ram.  Useful.

A MOTU 828mkII will set you back $750 and comes with a decent version 
of Digital performer that would probably satisfy most people's needs.

So you're up around the $2K mark and "weeee!" you're up and running.  
Chipset?  What?  BIOS?  Huh?  Sounds to me that you need to do a solid 
week of research to figure out what PC to buy if you're not already an 
expert.  So, I'll tack on another grand to the PC setup to cover 2 days 
of my time.  That puts the Rick's PC's actual cost to me at $1700.  
$400 higher than the Mac in the above link AND you get a Mac.  PCs are 
cheaper if you do not value your time.  If you're unemployed they're a 
steal.  I swear, I bought my Mac, plugged it in, installed my software 
and was up and running without a hitch ever since.

Rick, did you include the price of the 2 machines (that probably end up 
having little or no resale value.  Exactly like all computers) you had 
to discard before you got someone to build you the one that works for 
you?

And lastly, forget about "price" but what about cost?  By cost I mean 
the fact that you're contributing to Bill Gates (a major supporter of 
George Bush) and his soulless minions.  Can you sleep at night? ;)

Mark