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- From: mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang)
- Subject: Re: pc games vs mac games
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.041311.2747@adobe.com>
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- Organization: Adobe Systems Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:13:11 GMT
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- In article <1h88mqINNfr@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> sls16@po.CWRU.Edu (Samuel L. Shank) writes:
- >I have a Mac powerbook 160 4/40. I have some games for it, and play
- >them alot. However, I use it more for work than play. Go into any
- >software joint and you can immedately see that there are 1000's more
- >games for the PC than for the Macs. I was thinking about buyying a
- >cheap PC clone to play the plethora of PC games.
-
- >I have several questions;
-
- >Can you make any reccomendations for a machine? What should I look
- >for? I assume that I will want a sound card, but what type of video
- >card? What would be the "wimpiest" machine that you would reccomend
- >getting. 486 is out of the question (too pricey for me for a games
- >machine.) Is a 286 too slow? I am thinking about getting a CD rom
- >for it, too. I have seen 286s around for less than 200 bucks. HD
- >space is not important. Do I need both 5.25" and 3.5" drives? Any
- >help would be greatly appreciated, as with any mail order places that
- >are reliable. One more word, as for a graphics card, I will own in
- >the not so far off future a standard VGA monitor (Leading edge .22 dot
- >pitch) that I will use with my 8 bit color on my PB. Also, I'd like
- >to keep the price tag at $400 or so, maybe up to $500 if there is a
- >big difference between the two levels. Oh yeah, the $400 does not
- >include monitor. How much RAM? Etc...
-
- $500 (minus the monitor) isn't going to cut it if you want to get a
- system that you are going to enjoy playing games on. However, if that
- is all you got, then you could probably work out something like:
-
- 386/33 Basic System $250
- 1 MB additional RAM $30
- 512K SVGA Video Card $40
- 40MB Hard drive $150
- Mouse $30
- Soundblaster $80
- ----
- $580
-
-
- However, I would recommended getting something like:
-
- 486/33 Basic System $550
- 3 MB additional RAM $90
- 1MB SVGA Video Card $90
- 100MB Hard drive $250
- Mouse $30
- Soundblaster $80
- -----
- $1090
-
- The 486 would you allow to better enjoy all the hot new games that are
- coming out. The 386 is already an obsolete processor if you want to
- play the latest stuff. On the other hand, you could start out with the
- 386 and upgrade each component as you go along. The longer you wait,
- the lower the prices will get. My 386/25 motherboard cost me $700 just
- two years ago. Now I can get a 486/33 motherboard for $400.
-
-
- --
- Michael Wang
- mmwang@mv.us.adobe.com
-