-- Posted by pujolsfan at 3:09 pm on June 16, 2009 http://www.gadgetmadness.com/archives/20051205-the_most_expensive_high_tech_desktop_computer.php -- Posted by Dylan Brittain at 3:10 pm on June 16, 2009 holy shit! I would rather buy a car. -- Posted by matto at 3:11 pm on June 16, 2009 1) screw macs 2) screw paying for them -- Posted by The Big M M at 3:11 pm on June 16, 2009 to put i quite frank thats not that good for the price -- Posted by pujolsfan at 3:11 pm on June 16, 2009 Quote: from matto at 5:11 pm on June 16, 2009 1) screw macs 2) screw paying for them I completely agree -- Posted by Uncontrollable at 3:12 pm on June 16, 2009 Quote: from matto at 11:11 pm on June 16, 2009 1) screw macs 2) screw paying for them ^ -- Posted by Drinkingjam at 3:18 pm on June 16, 2009 16g ram... jesus.. I want it. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 3:20 pm on June 16, 2009 Outdated, that is from 2005.  G5 PowerPC processors are no longer sold. -- Posted by oink at 3:35 pm on June 16, 2009 Quote: from espresso8097 at 11:20 pm on June 16, 2009 Outdated, that is from 2005. G5 PowerPC processors are no longer sold. ..and isn't the Quadro FX 4500 a workstation card? -- Posted by espresso8097 at 3:42 pm on June 16, 2009 Quote: from oink at 5:35 pm on June 16, 2009 Quote: from espresso8097 at 11:20 pm on June 16, 2009 Outdated, that is from 2005.  G5 PowerPC processors are no longer sold. ..and isn't the Quadro FX 4500 a workstation card? Yes, and it is no longer top of the line.  The FX5800 is the modern king, ~$3100 and 4GB.  Here. -- Posted by Sector Corrupt at 12:55 am on June 17, 2009 Given that amount of money I could build a ridiculously good PC and still have enough money left to build a second ridiculously good PC and create the ultimate Setup. -- Posted by allsmiles at 2:12 am on June 17, 2009 Quote: from Sector Corrupt at 8:55 am on June 17, 2009 Given that amount of money I could build a ridiculously good PC and still have enough money left to build a second ridiculously good PC and create the ultimate Setup. Christ, you could build 6 ridiculously good PCs with that much money, and still have cash left over for software licenses for the lot of them :P -- Posted by pleaseremove at 3:52 am on June 17, 2009 This is slightly misleading. Things like the screens will set you back a lot, as does a lot of the software they would have to have selected to get that price. As would things like the the fibre network card and the decent RAID controller they would have also selected. I agree it is still very expensive, but it is not as bad as it is being made out. -- Posted by allsmiles at 4:14 am on June 17, 2009 Quote: from pleaseremove at 11:52 am on June 17, 2009 This is slightly misleading. Things like the screens will set you back a lot, as does a lot of the software they would have to have selected to get that price. As would things like the the fibre network card and the decent RAID controller they would have also selected. I agree it is still very expensive, but it is not as bad as it is being made out. I just priced up a machine that'd be as impressive today as that would've been then - software, hardware (even stuff I deemed useless, like another network card alongside the integrated one), and maintenance cover included. I kept the OS unix based, obv windows would add another $99 onto it but hey, still much cheaper... only 12GB of RAM due to 6 slots seeming to be the max, but their frequency is 3 times that of that Mac's so it might as well be 36GB. $2928, all included - most of that on the monitors. And I did no price comparisons, since I don't know many US stores. That's almost a tenth of the price of that mac. -- Posted by anonomouse at 12:45 am on June 30, 2009 All those specs have doubled/tripled by now. The LCD screens have been updated (well, the 24" at least...). This price includes iWork, Apple Care, the screens, etc. that are not actually a part of the computer... And now it's actually at little bit cheaper: http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB535LL/A?mco=NDE4NDIyMQ The max ram has doubled to 32GB and the storage has quadrupled to 4TB... -- Posted by scathe710 at 5:00 pm on Aug. 19, 2009 alright, lets clear this up. when u buya  desktop from apple u dont need a tower, everything is in the screen. this mac pro is if u need a RIDICULOUS amount of power like for a business or something. do some research. anyone would know that this would be ridiculous for a simple desktop. also this has many many options added. this was obviously posted by a mac hater to get people to think that macs are crazy amounts of money. Mac Pro http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro?mco=MTE3MDU iMac (apples desktop computer) http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTE3MDQ