On 04 Mar 2006, at 2:15 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 4 Mar 2006 at 3:19, Darcy James Argue wrote:
If you match the hardware
feature-for-feature, Macs are actually competitive with similar
WinTel hardware.
I'd actually be interested in someone offering proof of that (i.e.,
making up quotes for a Mac and a corresponding Dell PC).
Well, for instance, the Dell Inspirion 9400 notebook uses the same
Intel Core Duo processor as the Mac Book Pro.
When configured to match specs as closely as possible to the low-end
MacBook Pro (1.83 GHz, real video card and not "integrated graphics,"
Bluetooth, etc), the Dell costs $2198 -- $99 *more* than a MacBook
Pro 1.83 GHz. (I added a 100 GB HD to the MacBook Pro to match what
Dell offers, which raises the price of the low-end MacBook to $2099).
It's true that the Dell has a larger screen -- 17" vs 15.4" (although
my impression is that the Apple notebooks have much better quality
LCD's than the Dells). And it's true that once you add a video card
to the Dell, it's a better video card, with twice the VRAM of the one
that comes with the MacBook Pro.
- Darcy
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