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

"Edwin" <thorne25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "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]
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>>>> 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?
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> 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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So you went on rampage about Mac fanboys and stock prices and everything 
even though you knew his prices weren't the prices in the US ----
doubtful.