[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Mark]

On 21 May 2008, at 20:21, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 08:16:54PM +0100, Mark wrote:
>> On 21 May 2008, at 19:48, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>
>>> Besides, at this point if one wants to play games on their computer,
>>> they should probably just get a PS3 and install linux, right? ;)
>>
>> Stop that, I have enough problems preventing myself from running out
>> and buying on as it is!!
>
> Oh well, my last Windows computer went belly up and I am forced to  
> share
> one with my wife and youngest son. :-(  I thought of getting a PS3 to
> use as a computer, because it's a lot of power and I can happily
> live in Linux.
>
> Then I found out the cheapest place selling them here wants $950.
>
> Ouch.

Cheap they are not, then again some PC graphics cards cost more than a  
whole PS3, and compare the graphics performance and power under the  
hood to a Mac Mini, which here costs 100 GBP more. You soon realise  
the PS3 is actually a bargain supercomputer.

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