XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: lcargill99@comcast.net   
      
   Laurence Payne wrote:   
   > On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 08:59:06 -0700, Audio Empire   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> No, I'm talking about the OS, mostly. The build quality of Macs is better   
   >> than MOST Winboxes, but when you compare a like priced Winbox to a   
   >> like-priced Mac, they're pretty much the same hardware-wise. IOW, a $2500 PC   
   >> and a $2500 Mac Pro are pretty comparable wrt build quality. The difference   
   >> is that there isn't much market for a $2500 Windows box. Most of that action   
   >> is in the $500 range and below where Apple does not play at all.   
   >   
   > Now that Macs ARE using essentially the same hardware as PCs, it   
   > should be easy to compare the price of comparable computers with and   
   > without the Mac label.  Has anyone done so?   
      
      
   MacBook Pro 17" start at about $2k, a comparable* 2.8 GHz Dell 17"   
   runs anywhere from $649 to $999.   
      
   *handwaving a bit here - might be tough to get them exactly   
   equivalent. This gets me a ballpark figure.   
      
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