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James Philp
Jun 8, 2005, 07:40 AM
I was just perusing the competition, and came across something that startled me.
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The first is from Dell UK and the second good old Apple UK store (not educational or anything). Was very surprised! - I love the way DELL quote the value in MB to make it "seem" bigger!


James Philp
Jun 8, 2005, 07:44 AM
The same thing goes for the HD and others:
HD: DELL standard is 40GB. To upgrade to 100GB - £246.75
Apple standard is 80GB. To upgrade to 100GB - £69.99

All this time I thought Dell was cheap! Sure the base model is £878, but to get it up to anywhere near good is gonna cost some large money!
mad jew
Jun 8, 2005, 07:51 AM
It's the same here in Australia. If you spec up a PowerMac it'll generally come out cheaper than a similarly specced Dell. It's weird. :confused:
Gordy
Jun 8, 2005, 08:06 AM
The dell is ddr2 the apple is normal ddr so that would probably account for the price difference.
mad jew
Jun 8, 2005, 08:11 AM
The dell is ddr2 the apple is normal ddr so that would probably account for the price difference.


But that's only the RAM. When I bought my iMac a few weeks ago, I specced up a Dell as closely as possible and it came out about AU$50 more expensive which I thought was a bit weird. Admittedly, I get the student discount. :)