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Originally Posted by guccilvr
as promised here are specs and prices
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That's actually quite surprising. I always though Macs were $400-$900
more expensive. I think they might still be, for my "niche."
I'm not sure you did an equal comparison, though. For example, the Mac has a 7300 GT (256 MB) - a $79.99 card. The Dell, however, has a ATI FireGL V3400 (128 MB) - a $259.99 card.
You've also done a comparison of 'workstation' / 'server' computers with Xeon processors. I'd like to see a comparison of a "home" computer / "gaming" computers. I'd absolutely never use a Xeon or a FireGL at home. A Core Duo and Radeon / Geforce would be far better for my purposes. Does Apple even offer these?
I can't seem to figure out Apple's site, so can you find a similar machine to this? I'd like to see the prices.
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6600 (2.4GHz)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
640GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 320GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)
Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
20 inch UltraSharp™ 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
512MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Dell USB Keyboard
Dell Optical USB Mouse
2Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service
$3,133
To me, that's a FAR superior machine - $900 cheaper than your Dell, and almost $200 below the Apple.
Maybe a difference of what we think is important in a computer? Something like Firewire 800 is absolutely useless to me; all the peripherals that I do have (camera, joystick, midi controller, printer, n52 speedpad, mouse, keyboard) are all way faster than I need, and they're on USB 2.0. I need responsive windows, the ability to multitask (Core Duo), low heat (Core Duo), high volume, high quality, and high fidelity surround sound (sound card, speakers), and the most important is fast and efficient real-time graphics rendering (high end video card).
In those areas, I find that Apple has far less selection than Dell. I build my own, but I still find Dell to be the quoted "$400-$900 cheaper" in my market than Apple is.