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Dell is giving deeper discounts in the U.S. I did this exercise on the Apple and Dell web shops in my corner of Europe, trying to match systems as closely as po
by ableal 18y ago
Dell is giving deeper discounts in the U.S. I did this exercise on the Apple and Dell web shops in my corner of Europe, trying to match systems as closely as possible (4GB RAM, 250 GB 7200 rpm HD, 2.4GHz CPU, 50W.hr battery, 1440x900 LED lit LCD, webcam, etc.). All by lowest common feature, except RAM: only 2GB would be 90 less on Mac, and 50 less on Dell; Mac uses 1066MHz DDR3, Dell uses 800MHz DDR2. I may have missed some video/wifi/bt/etc. detail. The red paint job on the Dell seemed free in my shop.
Final numbers, including 20% VAT:
MacBookPro 15: 1992 EUR (inc. 29 for miniDP-DVI adapter)
Dell Lat. E6500: 1878 EUR (inc. 60 for VistaBusiness+XPpro upgrade)
Not badly matched, if those are the kind of specs needed.
- SwellJoe 18y agoYes, that's a much closer comparison, and I may very well have gone with an Apple in such a case (but since I very rarely use a laptop, I didn't want to spend more than about $1250, I guess it would have been a less capable machine). I do keep laptops for a long time, though, so I can amortize it across about 3 years. I started out shopping for the Studio 15, but when the price for the Latitude was only a couple hundred more, and the Mini 9 was available for $50 in a bundle with the Latitude, I splurged a bit. Interesting that Dell is so focused on the US market.