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Dells xps line is almost directly comparable (almost t1 to 1) with Apples current products. xps 13 = macbook air xps 10 = ipad xps 14/15 = macbook pro. the on
by Alterlife 14y ago
Dells xps line is almost directly comparable (almost t1 to 1) with Apples current products.
xps 13 = macbook air
xps 10 = ipad
xps 14/15 = macbook pro.
the only additional model from Dell in the xps is the xps 12 convertable (macbook air 11 inch?).
Dell just has cheaper product lines available... unfortunately the marketing clouds things -- to me, it looks they don't want the cheap models to sound bad, so they end up not being able to promote the high end models as "premium" as they should be.
- Spooky23 14y agoI agree that Dell can make good stuff. The problem is, Apple has 21 computer SKUs. Their entire education/government price list is only 14 pages long, and that includes iOS devices and accessories. http://images.apple.com/education/pricelists/pdfs/20121023_education_price_list.pdf http://images.apple.com/education/pricelists/pdfs/20121023_e... Dell has easily 200 computer SKUs, and a 150+ page pricelist. It matters because Apple, even though they have relatively small market share, has incredible economies of scale. Dell needs a bigger supply chain, more inventory, more people and other overheads to build, market and service all of these different devices. Profitability and quality suffer. Also, because Apple buys in such quantities, they get to beat up suppliers and get more commitments from them. So while Dell's outsourcing partner needs to figure out how to substitute Motherboard Y for Motherboard X when vendor X can't meet delivery deadlines, Apple's partners just keep stamping out more.