[CUBE] Cube upgrades vs. new Powermac

[Marc Stergionis]

At about 2:29 PM -0500 on 4/19/04, Michael Blossom wrote:
>Not to rain on your parade, but in such a situation you should probably
>also take into account the cost of the Cube itself.
>
>In other words, if you bought an eMac, you could sell your Cube for say
>$500, which brings the relative cost of the eMac way down.
>
>- Mike
>
>
>  > I'll be upgrading my Cube this week, I'll try some bench marks to my other
>  > Mac's 17in 1ghz Powerbook, and 1.25ghz Power Mac.
>  >
>  > The total cost so far is less then the new eMac and should be faster.
>  >
>  > When I'm done....
>  > 1.4ghz G4   $500
>  > 1.5gig ram (already have)  $200ish?
>  > 80gig WD 7500 RPM drive with 8mb cache $150
>  > G-force 2 32mb video (stock card)  $0

I love my Cube (still have  it)  --- and I bought my daughter an ATI 
eMac for HS graduation last year. I'm very impressed with the new 
machine.

Remember, also the eMac has a faster bus, faster video 
memory/interface and faster optical drive and USB2, as well as 
Airport Extreme and Bluetooth options. Plus more free software.

As well, the 1.25 CDRW eMac (which is most comparable to the best 
optical in a stock Cube) is $799 -- which is *less* than your upgrade 
totals. As Michael mentions, if you sell the Cube, your bottom line 
is even better.
-- 
Marc Stergionis
Communications/Web Specialist
Benefis Healthcare http://www.benefis.org
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