On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:41:33 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve
Firth) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... SteveH wrote:
...
... > Adrian wrote:
... >
... > > Steve Firth (%steve%@malloc.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
... > > were saying :
... > >
... > > > And here we go again with PC weenies trying to claim that a
... > > > 512MB/1.2GHz/40GB 14" LCD AMD Turion laptop with cheap plastic case and
... > > > a crippled version of an OS is comparable with a Dual Core
... > > > 2GB/2.33GHz/160GB 17" laptop
... > >
... > > £1825+vat for a Dell Precision M90 to that spec with Vista Ultimate, £1780
... > > +vat with XP Pro or Vista Business.
... > >
... > > £1650+vat for a MacBook Pro to that spec, BUT with a lower resolution
... > > (1680x1050 instead of 1920x1200) screen.
... >
... > So the Mac has a slightly lower resolution screen (which may or may not
... > be actually nicer to use in the real world - one area in which Mac
... > laptops excel is quality of displays), but the Mac is a fair bit
... > cheaper.
... >
... > Point proven, I think - especially as you can't compare Dell with Apple.
...
... Especially because Adrian got the spec wrong and the prices wrong, the
... Dell M90 he quoted for doesn't appear to have a DVD rewriter or
... bluetooth. There's no option to add the same built in webcam, remote
... control, or firewire 800 as the MBP to the Dell.
...
... For:
...
... 8x DVD rewriter
... IIg wireless card (not IIn as on the Apple)
... Internal Bluetooth
... 2GB RAM
... 160GB SATA drive
... 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo
... 1440x900 display
... Vista Ultimate
...
... The Dell price is £2014+VAT (£2366.45)
...
... For the above spec + larger 1920x1200 display the price is
... £2088+VAT (£2453.40)
...
... The Apple costs £1616.17+VAT (£1,899.00)
...
... So you pay £467.45 more for the Dell to end up with an inferior spec
... (slower firewire, one less firewire port, slower WiFi, lower resolution
... display, no webcam, no remote).
Paying for a brand is the ultimate proof of intelligence...
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