Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
13:46 - Cream of the Crop
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,544315,00.asp
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Wow... this is interesting. The latest PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" comparison chart is in, and of the four machines reviewed there are two high-end workstations and two entry-level all-in-ones. Of the latter, one isn't a PC-- and it got higher marks.
Yep-- the iMac got four out of five stars, and the Gateway Profile 4 XL got three.
That part isn't really what got me, though. It's the other two machines-- the Gateway 700XL (nearly $5,000) and the Voodoo F-550 Imola Orange 2200+ Titanium XL-9000 Venus Turbo 2 (a whisker short of $6,000).
The Voodoo is orange. And translucent. And illuminated from within. Oh yeah-- it's got some good hardware specs too. (Except no LCD.)
But the Gateway.... (are you ready for this?) ... doesn't come with a floppy drive. Shock and horror! Can this be? Surely a computer company damns itself who includes not a floppy drive! Has Gateway no thought for the future?
Nah, they've finally seen the future; it just took 'em four years to admit to it.
Wow. Quite a lineup, quite a lineup. I'm gonna go get me one of those orange Voodoo things and some aftermarket spoilers and decals. Mmmmyep.
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