Alan wrote: > Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > > > >>I would feel a lot > >>better knowing that PPC's price/performance was on par with x86, however > >>looking at prices between Apple PowerBooks and Dells, I see that Dell > >>has Apple beat: > >> > >>Apple: 15" LCD, 1.5GHz G4, 80GB drive for 1,999$. > >>Dell: 15" LCD, 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium M 715, 8o GB Drive for $1,187 > > > > > > >Apple 15" PowerBook: $1,999 > > > > > >Dell Inspiron 6000 (15" display): $1,670 > > > Interesting comparisons from both of you, but somewhat useless, since in > my experience, (non-computer) people rarely price compare Apples and PC's.
Of course, the question is: price/peformance. You have to compare the performance and the price. This is the idea between pricing two similar systems. My hypothesis is that the PPC architecture has a lower price/ performance, and it appears that it is indeed correct. It also appears to be not by as much, and even less when you take other factors into consideration (such as form factors, or other creature features (the lighted keyboard is *nice*. Does it come in Dvorak?) -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
