Why is that?  Well, Apple sells very unique machines in my opinion, which have a lot of excellent work put into HCI in terms of nicely engineered/architectured hardware (my opinion).  However, if my goal is to have a new portable workstation, the current macbook pro offerings do not appear to be competetively-priced.  I have seen dual-core portables for under $1k from dell and other vendors, and have not yet seen any dual-core portables from Apple for under $2k.  They are different machines.
Bottom line is, that Dell does not offer ANY comparable machines, in regards to Apple's offerings.  I have not seen any vendors who can compete, directly.  It is like comparing apples and ...

   Ben

PS - I am really really looking forward to seeing a 13-inch macbook, as both the 12 and 14-inch offerings from Apple's past have not enticed me at all.  If they had higher resolution I'd be right on board, I generally need > 1024x768.


On 4/6/06, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
People keep saying Apple overcharges for its computers.  And yet, I keep
seeing Apple computers sold with standard configurations for less than
similarly configured Dell boxes.  Why is that?

Now, don't buy your RAM from Apple.  Good grief.

--
"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, therefore, is not an act,
but a habit."
        -- Aristotle

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