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Subject: Mac vs. PC costs
From: tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:57:34 -0400
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Richard Pieri wrote:
> Robert Krawitz wrote:
>> And horrendously expensive.
> 
> No more so than comparably configured Dell or HP notebooks.

Care to share some numbers? I've ran comparisons between approximately 
equivalent Mac and PC laptops on several occasions, and the Macs always 
end up having a substantial price premium.

  -Tom

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Tom Metro
Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA
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References:
- New Laptop questions
  - From: tbs-Gb/NUjX2UK8 at public.gmane.org (ref)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: tbs-Gb/NUjX2UK8 at public.gmane.org (ref)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Jarod Wilson)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: rlk-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A at public.gmane.org (Robert Krawitz)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: rpug-AKf0aY4IwLwC9rEbRqCHog at public.gmane.org (Ryan Pugatch)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: rlk-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A at public.gmane.org (Robert Krawitz)
- New Laptop questions
  - From: richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)

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