The Logic Off Topic list

>Is there really such a big price difference? I don't see how since you can
>get non-Apple monitors, and externals. And if you compare similarly
>configures machines of similar quality, is there really a big difference?
>There are always "cheapo" PC's made with crap parts and/or barebones.

I think there is a significant difference.  OTOH a lot PC way 
overstate it.  MY purely subjective impression of it is that equally 
powered and configured PCs end up being about 1/2 to 2/3 the price of 
a Mac.

>But
>thats why PC's don't last as long as Macs - this is fairly well documented.
>And you have add various boards and things to the PCs to bring them up to
>par. There are also studies that show (in schools for example) that PC's are
>more expensive in the long run because of repairs and increased user-support
>needed - which in the case of an individual like you - means more frustration
>and more time on the line to tech support.

I have owned a PC for about 3 months and have probably devoted two 
straight work weeks to trying to make it operate properly not to 
mention actually paying a consultant to come over and help (something 
I have never dreamed of doing in 13 years of using a Mac) and guess 
what:  It still does not work right.  It still hangs all over the 
place.  This is not to say that it is not a powerful machine.  But it 
has wasted far far more of my time and money than it has saved.