Originally posted by sparkleytone dude WTF are you smoking....your specs are ALL wrong. the g4 typo...fine...but they don't have Gig-E ethernet and you CANNOT COMPARE winXP home to OS X. this is a MUCH better comparison due to free upgrades by dell and such...
Processor: 900 MHz G3
Cache: 512K at 900MHz Level 2 cache
System Bus: 100MHz
Memory: 256MB PC133 SDRAM
Display: 14.1-inch (diagonal) TFT XGA
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics accelerator with 32MB
Hard Disk: 40GB Ultra ATA/66
Optical Drive: Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ethernet: Built-in 10/100
Modem: Built-in 56K V.92 modem
Wireless Networking: AirPort Card Installed
OS: Mac OS 10.2
Price: $1,728
Here are the specs for the Dell Inspiron 600m:
Processor: 1.3 GHz Pentium-M
Cache: On-die 1 MB L2 cache, 32 KB Internal L1 Cache, 400 MHz external BUS frequency
Memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM
Display: 14.1-inch TFT XGA active-matrix display with up to 1024 x 768 x 16 M resolution
Video Card: 32 MB DDR ATi MobilityTM RADEONTM 9000 4X AGP
Hard Disk: 40GB Ultra ATA
Optical Drive: Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ethernet: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem: Internal 56K4 capable v.92 Fax modem
Wireless Networking: Optional Bluetooth 1.1 adapter; Intel® ProWireless 2100 (802.11b) mini PCI wireless card
OS: Windows XP PRO
Price: $1,919
The price of your configured Dell includes the 3-year Complete Care and Support. Take it out and replace it with a one-year warranty (same as Apple without AppleCare) and the price drops by $363. I also can't seem to get your price on the Dell by going to the purchase process myself. I also don't know where you got the iBook price, and I can't seem to access the Apple Store as it is under maintainence right now.
In any event, my purpose was to try to show the price differential that exists between two similarly (not identically) configured Dell and Mac.
Originally posted by sparkleytone dude WTF are you smoking....your specs are ALL wrong. the g4 typo...fine...but they don't have Gig-E ethernet and you CANNOT COMPARE winXP home to OS X. this is a MUCH better comparison due to free upgrades by dell and such...
Processor: 900 MHz G3
Cache: 512K at 900MHz Level 2 cache
System Bus: 100MHz
Memory: 256MB PC133 SDRAM
Display: 14.1-inch (diagonal) TFT XGA
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics accelerator with 32MB
Hard Disk: 40GB Ultra ATA/66
Optical Drive: Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ethernet: Built-in 10/100
Modem: Built-in 56K V.92 modem
Wireless Networking: AirPort Card Installed
OS: Mac OS 10.2
Price: $1,728
Here are the specs for the Dell Inspiron 600m:
Processor: 1.3 GHz Pentium-M
Cache: On-die 1 MB L2 cache, 32 KB Internal L1 Cache, 400 MHz external BUS frequency
Memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM
Display: 14.1-inch TFT XGA active-matrix display with up to 1024 x 768 x 16 M resolution
Video Card: 32 MB DDR ATi MobilityTM RADEONTM 9000 4X AGP
Hard Disk: 40GB Ultra ATA
Optical Drive: Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Ethernet: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem: Internal 56K4 capable v.92 Fax modem
Wireless Networking: Optional Bluetooth 1.1 adapter; Intel® ProWireless 2100 (802.11b) mini PCI wireless card
OS: Windows XP PRO
Price: $1,919
Ok, as pointed out above - this includes Applecare equivalent. Furthermore, why do you stick half as much memory in the Mac? (That should definately not be an issue of "comparability")
Let's just face it - Macs cost a bit more. Why? Because Apple needs the cash to develop OS X - smaller volumes mean they can't recoup everything on OS sales themselves - they need to add margins to the hardware. So, if you like OS X - as most ppl here do - paying that premium is just the price we have to pay. No reason not to be candid about it. (Although I think Apple laptops generally are good value. Used to be even better until the Pentium-M turned up...)
