Fake Mac desktops

If I wanted a Mac, I'd buy a Mac

JamMeister-
Hell, if I could afford one I'd buy one too, but here in Australia they are considerably more expensive than in the US- around $10,000 (Australian) for a PowerMac to match the configuration and performance of my PC...

Get Outta Here!!!

Wow!

I don't think I'll be a "switcher" just yet .
So I'm grateful for Stardock and the their products that can at least allow me to have something that looks a bit like OS X...

If that's the look you want then you have come to the right place, my friend

I have an iMac and I still think it's fun to make my PC look similar to one.

I've been with the "IBM clones" from day one practically, I've never owned a Mac, have used them on occasion, and frankly they just don't do it for me. I like to get into the guts, and Mac won't let you do that.

10,000 Oz is about 4500 US, but last I noticed Macs weren't that expensive. Even a Ti-Book, or whatever they are called wasn't that much. My mate currently running around in Brazil filming the next Survivor series bought one just before he left [few weeks ago]...thought it was about 6000 AUS....

Hey Jafo, you got to get me on the "Survivor series", come on man, you can do it can't ya?

Wait a minute, I wouldn't last two bloody days, okay.....never mind.

jafo-
$10,000 Australian is currently US$5,600, and if you want you can check out the prices at http://www.apple.com.au-

Dual 1.25-GHz PowerPC G4
256K L2 cache
& 2MB L3 cache/processor
167Mhz System Bus
512MB PC2700 DDR RAM
120GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
56K internal modem
=$7,295.00

Add a display:
Apple Studio Display 17" Flat Panel
=$2,299.00

Total:
=$9594

Link should be http://www.apple.com.au

Ah...so Macs are still over-priced crud, then...
High-end equipment from a monopoly...you get what you are sucked dry for....

I'm an IBM clone user and proud of it...

I wouldn't pay 2299 for a 17" anything, except maybe.....

Not when about 1900 gets you a 21" Sony and I can upgrade my existing box myself to be 'the bee's knees' for about 1500...

JM...I know where the series are going to be shot before they are, but that's about it...

Jafo-
"one mans trash is another mans treasure..."

Well, thanks anyway, Jafo... I know you did your best (Thank God he doesn't see me sweating.)
I could have won you know?
Can't keep a good man down.

"your cash ain't nothin' but trash"

a song lyric from something I can't quite remember....

- if you mean the Aussie dollar then your right...
I think it's also worth the equivalent of Kiribati coconut shells...

*3* Kiribati coconut shells...

"Please sir, may I have some more?..."

tinkergaloot: lol... ummm... shop around a bit and price those parts yourself, retail even. If I couldn't build an equivalent PC myself for less than 3 grand I would eat it without condiments. You can get a Sony 17" widescreen multimedia display for $999, from Best Buy... and if I couldn't weasel my hardware cheaper than retail I'd quit.

If you pay for a Mac, it is because you want a Mac. There's not a thing affordable about them.

JamMeister33 dixit 'If I wanted a Mac, I'd buy a Mac'
Have you reason !

Carlitus, I'm not putting down Mac, I just said if I wanted one I'd buy one. I have no interest in making my Windows machine look like a Mac, that's just how I feel, no insults intended to Mac lovers.