On 8 Aug 2006 at 15:43, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 08 Aug 2006, at 3:26 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
> > The fact that I could buy a semi tractor trailor truck from Apple > > for less than I could buy it from Dell is of no interest to me if I > > don't *need* a semi tractor trailor truck. > > Well, obviously. But the point here is that for years, people have > been saying that Apple's semitrailers are overpriced compared to > Dell's semitrailers, . . . *I* haven't been saying that, because comparisons of functionality and performance *have* been available, and Apples were just higher- end models. When compared to comparably high-end PCs, the Apples were actually cheaper for what you got. And, of course, everyone says Dell is more expensive than others, and my experience is that it is not true when you really compare identically-configured PC hardware. > . . . but direct comparisons were impossible. Now that > direct comparisons *are* possible, it turns out that Apple's > semitrailers are considerably less expensive than Dell's semitrailers. Well, I wouldn't say considerably. It was $2500 vs. $2900. Now I won't sneeze at $400, but it's not so big a difference as all that. The interesting thing to see is when Apple's standard desktops come out, rather than their high-end workstations. My bet is that they will be somewhat cheaper than comparably configured PCs, but substantially more expensive than a standard Windows workstation, because, as has historically been the case, they will be higher end machines from the basic design up. I believe that Mac users on the whole are accustomed to investing more in their computers than PC users. They get more, too, but the fact that they don't expect to get a full-featured Mac for $800 means they aren't upset by paying more, as PC users would be. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
