We've seen a number of these comparisons. I don't think it changes much, people who buy Apple buy into a lifestyle and a membership of an elite club and don't care about paying a premium. In fairness, I would not compare MacBook Pro towards an entertainment machine, try an IBM/ Lenovo 60/61 instead.
/Casper On Sep 1, 10:09 pm, RogerV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was shopping for a notebook. Found that to buy an Apple Mac product > comparable to a PC, based on specs and features, the Mac comes with a > $1075 cost premium. BTW, the PC notebook comes pre-installed with Java > 6. > > HP Pavilion dv5t Entertainment Notebook PC > Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) > Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz) > Display 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Infinity > Widescreen Display (1280 x 800) > 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) > 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS > 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive > [For BrightView Infinity] Webcam Only > HP Color Matching Keyboard > Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100AGN and Bluetooth(TM) > SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support > Microsoft(R) Office Basic 2007 > Total Price $1,357.99 > > MacBook Pro 15 inch display > Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (32-bit/64-bit) > Intel Core 2 Duo 3MB shared L2 cache (2.4GHz) > 15.4-inch (viewable) widescreen LED back-lit glossy (1440 x 900) > 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2x2GB SO-DIMMs System Memory > 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT > 200GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm > Apple Webcam > Backlit Keyboard (English) / User's Guide > 10/100BASE-T, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth > SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) > Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home > Total Price $2,433.95 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
