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Originally posted by MacBling:
yeah, but cant really afford the power mac, monitor, new vid card and superdrive. thats like 4000
That is a gross exageration. Lets do that Math:
$1,999 = PowerMac
$200 = Superdrve
$300 = Ti 4600
$180 = 19" Flat CRT from PC Club
Total with everything = $2,679
Tax (CA) = $200.92
Total w/Tax = 2679.92
Total w/Out Extras = $2,179
Tax (CA) = 163.43
Total w/Tax = $2342.43
If you go for the second option, I'm sure the Radeon is adequate for all games, just not with Highest Quality settings. Then you could wait for the price of the superdrives to go down, I think they are around $260 now and then you would have 2 drives, one fast burning and reading one and one dvd burner. That is what I would do, get no options and get a third party monitor and just buy a Superdrive, their price goes down every month. Apple uses the Pioneer ones, but I've heard that Apple also uses the Sony ones, so that leaves your options open. Good luck. I would also not suggest a loan, just save up money. With a loan you add more money u have to pay to something, and you could buy it faster than you could pay it off if you just waited.
P.S. I don't know if you live in California, but I've heard it is up there in terms of sales tax, around 7.5%
[ February 25, 2003: Message edited by: Billy Gates: Mac Comrade Captain ]