Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 08.08.2006 dhbailey wrote:
And your point is . . .? :-)
Well, I think what Darcy is trying to say is that Apple currently offers
the best value, branded Windows machines of a certain configuration.
Which in itself is quite amusing.
I am sure that is going to change, though. Some PC vendor is going to
bring out a similar machine for less money. After all, Dell is not
necessarily a cheap manufacturer, or are they?
Johannes
There are thousands of "branded" PC manufacturers, many small local
brands, others national brands such as HP, Compaq, Toshiba, Northgate,
Gateway, Dell, and I'm sure I've forgotten some others. Dell isn't
necessarily the cheapest, just a common one with a huge presence. I
believe it is either currently or has been at several times the #1 maker
(by volume) of Windows machines.
So in that case, comparing the #1 maker of Mac Pros (also the only maker
of Mac Pros) with the #1 maker of PCs might make some sense, but there
is so much competition in the PC marketplace which is totally lacking in
the Mac marketplace that a fairer comparison would be to find out the
lowest price a machine could be purchased for which matched the Mac
specs, not necessarily the lowest price Dell would offer.
Another price comparison which would have to be made would be how much
replacement parts would cost -- if one of the Mac memory modules goes
belly up, how much would it cost to replace it. If the Mac motherboard
fries, how much would a replacement cost? If the hard drive dies, how
much to replace it?
Then get comparison replacement prices for Windows components and see if
the Mac advantage holds up.
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David H. Bailey
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