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

"kdt" <scarface_74@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Edwin" <thorne25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Oct 26, 3:36 pm, Steve <Stephen.Fin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 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!!!
>>
>> Yeah, but Apple makes more profit and has a higher stock price.
>> That's supposed to make you want to buy a Mac instead, for reasons
>> known only to Mac Advocates...
>>
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> You do know that he was talking about Australia right?

Yes, from the first time I saw his post.   The inclusion of 
aus.computers.mac was a dead giveaway.  Why do you ask?

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