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On 2015-10-05, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:58:59 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> nospam wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> <http://www.futurelooks.com/new-apple-mac-pro-can-build-better-cheaper-
> pc-diy-style/3/>
>>>   After tabulating all the major component costs (plus another $99.99
>>>   US for Windows 8 Pro), we are at a total of around $11,530.54 US
>>>   using today's prices at retailers that actually stock the hardware.
>>>   I'm not afraid to admit that compared to the asking price of $9,599
>>>   US, the new Mac Pro seems like one heckuva deal for these components.
>>>   Everything is tested to work properly together (versus some of our
>>>   unknown incompatibilities with this potential build), and a highly
>>>   proprietary design that is small enough to fit into a carry on bag,
>>>   with twice the amount of registered memory (32GB vs 64GB ECC). You
>>>   simply can't build a smaller form factor PC that matches the Mac Pro
>>>   today.
>> 
>> That article seems to be comparing a Mac prebuilt against buying all the
>> PC parts yourself.
>
> so?  Try buying a similar machine from another mfg.

They often don't exist without compromises in the form of missing
hardware features.

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