How'd I buy new PC?

what's a good place to buy pre-built or custom-built PCs? I'd build one myself but I'm a big fucking n00b and dangerously prone to static electricity.

I'm looking to spend around $1200 for a new PC (to run Vista but mostly b\c of DX10). My only requirements for the new computer is to have 2GB of RAM and a Dual Core Duo 2 CPU (preferably greater than E6400). However, it seems I can't find any PC from retail or the usual online places (DELL, HP) with a CPU better than Core Duo 2 E6400 (looking for atleast e6600). Am I overdoing it with the CPU?

drm in os x:
TPM check for OS X Intel
...
... fairplay if you want to buy drm music?
... dashboard widgets are checked for integrity?
.. um

drm in xp and vista:
windows activation
wga
office activation
wmp wga activation ie wga activation probably fucking solitaire wga activation
license key server shit
LOL PROTECTED AUDIO CHANNEL SHIT
AACS
hdcp
driver signing
even the fucking serial you have to type to install it

apple does not = ZOMG DRM, at least not yet. bitch about tpm all you want but it doesn't affect macfags' lives in any meaningful way, unlike the multitude of shit you have to put up with

oh yeah did you remember the proprietary formats? windows does plenty more of that than apple (though apple is hardly a model of format openness)

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who the fuck cares anymore, mac advocates are talking about desktop macs 99% of the time not servers, and mac servers are all intel now so they're just the same as anything else but with the cheapest server software that's not gpl\bsd.

your bitching about powerpc is out of date. macs = your prized generic x86 pcs with os x and a nice case\form factor, for a premium that ranges from nothing to 20%.

>>1
www.apple.com