On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:07:25 +0100, me2@privacy.net (Mister Bartlett) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:57:41 +0000, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Mister Bartlett wrote:
>> >
>> >> Martin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:12:34 +0000, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>> >> > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > >Martin wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:53:16 +0000, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David
>> >> > >> Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> >Martin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > >> >> www.apple.com/ukstore 13-inch wide screen, Intel Core Duo.
>> >> > >> >> From £749. Configure yours today.
>> >> > >> >>
>> >> > >> >> Dell equivalent GBP379 with 15" screen
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >It's not equivalent.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> You are right the Dell has a much bigger screen. The one with the
>> >> > >> same sized screen is much cheaper.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >There's more to a laptop than the screen size. If I needed a bigger
>> >> > >screen I'd have bought a bigger mac laptop. For the main work I do
>> >> > >on it, no laptop screen would be sufficient anyway, which is why I
>> >> > >connect it to a large monitor for that stuff.
>> >> >
>> >> > So which feature do you think the Dell lacks compared t the Mac?
>> >>
>> >> Well, at a guess, the Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
>> >>
>> >> I have no idea what Dell you're looking at, but a quick glance at the
>> >> Dell website suggests that the cheapest one with the C2D is a desktop
>> >> at
>> >> 769, currently on special offer at 699.
>> >
>> >For a laptop similarly configured to a macbook, the Dell website starts
>> >at £899.
>>
>> Yeah right.
>
>Then put us out of our misery and tell us which is the model you
>consider "equivalent".
After you.
--
Martin
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