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Custom Gamer Laptop From Cyberpower, before tax and shipping
$1429.00
(before all applicable rebates)
DISPLAY LCD: 17" WSXGA+ Widescreen TFT Display 1680x1050 Pixels
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 X2 Dual-Core TL-60 CPU @ 2.0GHz 2x512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Low Voltage 35Watt
MOTHERBOARD: ATI RS690 + SB600 Chipset Mainboard
MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: Built-in ATI Radeon HD2600 Mobile 512MB DDR2 Video
HARD DRIVE: 160GB 5400RPM SATA150 HARD DRIVE
OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
SOUND: BUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND
Similarly equipped MacBook pro with half the video memory:
$2878
Check it out:
All stats not given are identical for the two machines.
Apple website
Mac Mini 2 GB Ram, Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ; wired keyboard and basic mouse, 20 in monitor, iWork, 160 GB HD at 5400rpm 1 firewire, 4 usb ports;bluetooth
Before tax price $1800
Compusa Website:
HP Pavilion a6220n Minitower 2 GB RAM expandable to 8GB; Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHZ (2.0 GHZ no longer available in this store.) keyboard and scroll mouse, Viewsonic 22 in monitor, MS Works 8, 400 GB HD at 7200 rpm, card reader for most types of memory cards, 3 open slots for faster Video cards, 2 Firwire, 6 USB ports; 1 5.25 in open internal bay, 1 3.5 in external open bay,usb bluetooth adapter
Before tax price $1049
The way this article was slanted reminds me of the quality of prewar intel coming out of Iraq.
