Don’t give up on Vista?

After all the Mac guy vs. PC guy videos, you might think they’re running out of ideas. Not so. This one is too funny (especially since I’m struggling with Vista every day…):

Gaming PC upgrade for $500

Firing Squad has a break-down of a $500 gaming PC upgrade. Roughly the components are as follows:

ComponentSuggestionPriceSupplierNotes
GPUNVidia GeForce 8800 GT$249.99ZipzoomflyAlternatives: Radeon X1950 Pro
CPUAthlon 64 X2 4000+$75.90ZipzoomflyNewegg has same price for X2 4000+ and X2 4800+, $99.99. Alternative: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
MotherboardGigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H$79.99NeweggAMD-690 chipset, micro-ATX. Alternative: MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital (ATX).
MemoryOCZ PC2-6400 Paltinum Revision 2 Dual Channel$79.99Newegg$35 mail-in rebate=$44.99

Since this is an upgrade article, the writers have assumed you already have a case, hard drive, optical drive, mouse, keyboard, monitor and OS.