Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f170.google.com ([209.85.220.170] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5211017 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:59:57 +0200 Received: by mail-vc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id kw10so1904511vcb.29 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=CVFJ1NRYsFO803Tn31xuMLZkq+pxOtZNPvQxaTbdy4Q=; b=FKmZw1KGBJhNRCo1gP/tI9CEhg+U5oCTF734WyRtqvCc4XnTTXoqWIp89PTFzXR9s/ lYczrdwiktqYYuK0MsbiN/ymaOF0cdsg6+/EKmMgmFaBeAmLU5IkMjdSBJqVlKNBct3w fmIvg6a4r6YZ+dNcFIfi3XcPdnHULLTWLuUpO8bTmBr4I2u3q3zDKxdCIoENhAK4D0Jt HG/hePzqQVWfb47uubdVxkvHejWj+z1jvJ+t9j3A+CtbzS5sfurBB8RkDDVwPBp9RO4U XvwA7aYDuAk8Y7y5/SSxDoLCqPIcwNWWV7keEzu2XqspDjqG8j8yWtrLuSXKhNU87KuT cy9A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.107.134 with SMTP id hc6mr14734984vdb.10.1379182373754; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.118.204 with HTTP; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:12:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] OT: PC equivalent to iMac? From: Rick Gerard To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec548616c77df1a04e65beb0c --bcaec548616c77df1a04e65beb0c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Here's a similar Dell http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/982143-REG/dell_xps_27_xpso27_715blk_multi_touch.html Match specs, warranty, service plans and you'll be close to the same money on any of the all in one's. You can save if you build your own desktop, but a display the same quality as an apple display is going to cost you. I've been working on Windows 8 machines and a MacBook Pro R that are about the same money (desktop vs laptop) and the Mac is more reliable and the windows machine is a bit faster. Not enough to make a fuss about, but faster. I think the Windows 8 (an HP desktop) was about$150 less than the laptop if you include the monitor. On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM, James Culbertson wrote: > I'm curious about what the PC equivalent to an iMac would cost (doesn't > have to be all-in-one): > > Say, equivalent to an average 27" iMac 3.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, > 16GB RAM, 3TB sATA drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB. > > Are the prices equivalent these days or would you save a certain amount > with a PC? > > Thanks much, > > James > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Rick Gerard --bcaec548616c77df1a04e65beb0c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Here's a similar Dell


Match specs, warranty, service plans and yo= u'll be close to the same money on any of the all in one's.=A0

You can save if you build your own desktop= , but a display the same quality as an apple display is going to cost you.= =A0

I've been working on Windows 8 machines= and a MacBook Pro R that are about the same money (desktop vs laptop) and = the Mac is more reliable and the windows machine is a bit faster. Not enoug= h to make a fuss about, but faster. I think the Windows 8 (an HP desktop) w= as about$150 less than the laptop if you include the monitor.


On Sat,= Sep 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM, James Culbertson <albion@speakeasy.net= > wrote:
I'm curious about what the PC equivalent= to an iMac would cost (doesn't have to be all-in-one):

Say, equivalent to an average 27" iMac 3.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5,= 16GB RAM, 3TB sATA drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB.

Are the prices equivalent these days or would you save a certain amount wit= h a PC?

Thanks much,

James


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