front row is awesome... photobooth makes for some funny pictures too.

I worked for a company who always provided us with powerbooks, and I'll never forget the first one I actually went out and bought on my own. $3700 and I nearly choked! Treated that thing like an infant!

I remember the days of $3000 computers.... *puke*

Yea, now you can pretty much get a badass PC for as little as a grand.

an "ok" PC at least

Well if you were to buy used off [H]ardForum:

All prices are rough estimates and include shipping fee.
7800GT: $230
Opteron CPU w/fan: $150
2GB Ram: $150
Nforce 4 mobo: $60
case:$50
psu: $50
300gb SATA HD: $100
16x DVD Burner: $30
decent 17" LCD $150
Audigy 2: $40
XP Pro: $75


$1085 for all that.. $935 w/o monitor.. little better than ok ;)

Used off a forum isn't a fair comparison, especially for theoretical purposes...

Oh, and then everything is used!!!

sounds like i am on my own but i am a windows girl. mind you i have not had that much experience with apple mac.