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Originally Posted by Hunch

I said $500, not 250 quid. It might well get a little more in the UK but he's in Massachussets. It's funny how people moan about how much cheaper things are in the US, but then rely on the exact exchange rate as an accurate comparision of price when it suits their purpose. I'd be surprised if his free shipping extends to international, and if it does, he's going to get a nasty shock when he finds out how much it would cost. (I've shipped a PC internationally before - it ain't cheap).

Regardless, it has a shelf life, and the fact that it's non-Intel means that it's slowly fading into obselecence with every month that passes. He might find some mug that is willing to pay more, but since most of the upgradability you mentioned still wouldn't bring it up to the spec of an iMac, I can't see what extra value that's going to add.

Edit: Sorry - that sounded a little more terse than I'd intended.

Well, whatever. You can still find similar systems on Ebay.com going for considerably more than you quoted with plenty of bids.

And no, the upgradability wouldn't take the processor up to the spec of an iMac but it's not an iMac and you can't compare the two machines.