Plaupius on 06 October 2008
| dgm6780 said: It was a lazy screen grab of a quote off of Dell.com. But it was for a XPS 1530 for $1250. I was trying to match it up with what I bought last month for $900 with a coupon. I did a lot of research and put lots of thought into my decision to go with a Dell over an Apple. Had to respond to someone blindly spouting crap like a gullible apple fan boy. from dell.com: The battery is 2-4hours. Dimensions : Weight: 5.78 lbs9 (2.62 kg) Width: 14.06" (357 mm) Height: 0.93" - 1.38" (23.7 mm - 35.1 mm wedge) Depth: 10.34" (263 mm) Soooo... Dell is less then an 1" at its thinnest and 1.38" at thickest. The mac is a flat 1". width x depth Apple 14.1" x 9.6" vs Dell 14" x 10.3" Apple 5.4 lbs vs Dell 5.7 lbs colors available Dell 4 vs Mac 1 @bitmap - they call it a Macbook Pro on apple.com |
The Tom's article was comparing the price of a MacPro, not MacBook Pro. MacPro is a desktop machine.
BTW, currently the 1999$ MacBook Pro ships with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU with 256 MB, so they've upped the performance, it seems. Also, from apple.com, the 15" MBP has a battery life up to 5 hours with WiFi, so it's somewhat better than the Dell in that regard. Anyway, the Dell is clearly cheaper, and that's a big factor obviously. 750$ is a lot of money, and not everybody thinks the MBP is worth that much more.
