>> You're going to to get 4 dells for $1200? Fat >> chance! > <<<<< see later thread. The iMac here (with > SuperDrive) is Cdn $3050 with a LexMark printer. > The Pentium IV Dells are about $750 with a CDRW and > screen (CRT). > Cheers
$3050 for an iMac with a SuperDrive? Hmm. Well, you are comparing them to $750 Dells with a CDRW and CRT screens, OK. Now compare that same Dell to a $1199 iMac G4 with a 15" LCD, CDRW. Considering that a CRT 17" [most cheap Dells come with 15" CRTs but I will spot you that much] is under $100 or so, for a really nice one perhaps we could go as high as $150, and a 15" LCD is about $500+ for a really good one. We can attribute at least $200-400+ of the price difference to the LCD. Not in terms of what it costs each OEM but what it costs people to buy these things. So there we are, add $200-400+ to the cost of the Dell to the cost of the lowend iMac, and we are within $250 at the best case scenario [for your argument] or equal to the iMac in cost [pending on the displays you compare you could actually make the Dell more expensive for fairly equivalent stuff]. But like I said, you want to compare the cheapest Dell to the most expensive iMac you can custom make at Apple's site? Then, yeah the iMac will cost more ... duh. David -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
