Group,

        MOST people want a system to work without doing
         ANYTHING when they turn on the system.

        So yes, the thought of people buying another
         drive and installing it in a brand new system
         would be insane for this group of buyers.

        Mitchell Erblich
        ------------------

Richard Elling wrote:
> 
> Harold Ancell wrote:
> > I checked Dell.com, and their "we want you to buy this higher end home
> > machine" offer has a 320GB stock drive, but highlights a 500GB just
> > below it with a bolded "Dell recommended for photos, music, and
> > games!", for an extra 120 US$, about 10% of the machine's price.
> >
> > I'll bet a lot of people take them up on that.
> 
> Interestingly, I was online recently comparing Dell, Frys.com, and Apple
> Store prices (for a research project).  For a sampling of products exactly
> the same, Dell generally had the worst prices, Frys the best, and Apple
> more often matched Frys than Dell.  Specifically, for a 500 GByte disk,
> Dell was asking $189 versus $129 at Frys.  I couldn't directly compare
> Apple's price because they don't sell raw disks, they sell "modules" which
> cost 2x the price of an external drive listed right next to the modules --
> go figure.
> 
> As the old saying goes, it pays to shop around.
>   -- richard
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