Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
I would feel a lot
better knowing that PPC's price/performance was on par with x86, however
looking at prices between Apple PowerBooks and Dells, I see that Dell
has Apple beat:
Apple: 15" LCD, 1.5GHz G4, 80GB drive for 1,999$.
Dell: 15" LCD, 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium M 715, 8o GB Drive for $1,187
Apple 15" PowerBook: $1,999
Dell Inspiron 6000 (15" display): $1,670
Interesting comparisons from both of you, but somewhat useless, since in
my experience, (non-computer) people rarely price compare Apples and PC's.
They either want Windows or they want "That other Apple thing". Very
rarely, you hear someone ask about Linux.
The hardware, especially the processor, is usually quite irrelevant. If
they do pay attention to hardware, it's more "Hey, does this computer
have a DVD-RW?" or "Hey, can I plug my digicam into this?"
-ajb
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