Take for an example ,
if you are going to buy the newest G4 dual 1.25G
it includes 2G ddr ram ,120G hardrive, 1 combo and 1 superdrive
it costs hkd 40,000.00
if u are going to buy dual Xeon 2.0G = hkd 2100x2 = hkd 4,200
860pro motherboard (scsi 160 on board) = hkd 6,000
harddrive scsi 160 36G x 2 = hkd 4,000
ide ATA100 120G = hkd 1,200
vga Matrox the new one ( i forgot the name) = hkd 3,000
2G rambus (256m x 8) = hkd 6,400
server case + power supply = hkd 3,000
dvdrw = hkd 3,000
cdrw = hkd 700
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total = hkd 30,800
you can compare , it's really big different!!!