Mac vs. PC costs

[Richard Pieri]

On Jun 20, 2009, at 1:57 AM, Tom Metro wrote:
> 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.


A new 17" MBP, 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 500GB disk: about $2500.

A new Dell Precision M6400, 17", 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo (closest match),  
320GB disk (largest available): about $2500.

--Rich P.