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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, a lot of people say they are really expensive... but if you compare them to truly equivalent commodity machines like Dell and HP they are pretty similar.
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You are absolutely correct. Apple uses most of the same off-the-shelf parts as other OEM vendors.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
For example, check out this article that compares the monitor on the new 27inch iMac to a comparable Dell monitor only. The Dell monitor is about the same prices as the whole iMac...
Yes, Apple doesn't do low end.
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Neither does Dell. While I'm no fan of theirs, their monitors (and keyboards) are top-notch, however.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Of course, if you are home building you can blow it away in price. Of course, if you are building it yourself you can by Hackintosh friendly parts. 
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Been there, done that. It works on mine but the process isn't for the faint-hearted. The Apple EULA says that you can only install one copy of the OS and it must be on Apple-branded product. The general formula is,
1. Buy a Shuttle; same parts as an iMac
2. Buy a monitor of your choice
3. Buy a retail copy of OSX
4. Patch OSX. Yes, it's legal to do so; most of OSX (i.e. the parts that need patching) is open-source and covered under either the BSD license or GNU GPL v2.
5. Put an Apple logo somewhere on the case of the Shuttle. ("Apple-branded product". Yes, I'm serious.)
6. Flip Steve Jobs the bird for a job well done.