Re: What's happened to Apple's pricing competitivness?

On 2007-10-26 13:36:08 -0700, Steve <Stephen.Finlay@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> Up until fairly recently, Apple's iMacs were fairly competitive price
> wise with a similarly spec'd Dell PC. This no longer seems to be the
> case!
> 
> Currently for $1200 you can get a Dell Insiron 530s Desktop
> * Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4400
> * 2GB RAM
> * 250GB Hard Disk
> * 128MB ATI Radeon X1300 Graphics
> * 22" LCD wide screen monitor
> * Windows Vista Home Premium
> 
> The nearest Mac model is the 20inch2.0GHz iMac
> * 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
> * 2GB memory ( Upgraded to match Dell model )
> * 250GB hard drive
> * ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory
> ~ $1900
> 
> A $700 difference!!!

you get what you pay for