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Dell's XPS tower starts at $749 (8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Intel 12400) and can be maxed out (not including support contracts) for $5200. Heck, a Ford Maverick starts
by Kerrick 4y ago
Dell's XPS tower starts at $749 (8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Intel 12400) and can be maxed out (not including support contracts) for $5200. Heck, a Ford Maverick starts at $22,195 and can be customized maxed out at over $40,000. This is not an uncommon pattern.
- gymbeaux 4y agoTrue, but I would argue that it actually makes some sense for the XPS, Dell's only "pro desktop" option (does Vostro count as "pro"?). That the Mac mini can cost either X or ~10X is more like saying "a car starts at $15k and can cost $150k". Throw in that it clearly overlaps with the Mac Pro and Mac Studio and I can only ask "why would I pick X, Y or Z?" It seems like the Studio is the way to go vs a mini configured above or around $2000, unless Apple is simply peddling to datacenter customers with Mac mini server racks (which hey, maybe).
- Kerrick 4y agoXPS is Dell's premium lifestyle model. OptiPlex is their enterprise/pro model (which starts at $499). I didn't talk about "a car" in the generic sense, I talked about a single model--not even multiple models from the same manufacturer (Apple:Ford::Mac Mini:Maverick).
- gymbeaux 4y agoThat's my point. Within the same model is a variance in price expected of the entire industry at the macro level. You can't argue that XPS is "premium lifestyle", that's what Dell says it is, but that's not what it ends up being in reality. I will say XPS/Optiplex are both the "pro" stuff (pro as in MacBook Pro, not necessarily Pro as in "used in corporate IT most often").