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Compete on Price Against Apple

60 points posted to Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations by dzar Apr 9

It seems that no matter how hard I try, I cannot configure a high-end Dell workstation that's less than $1500 more than an equally equipped Apple Mac. Why? Has Apple cornered the market on quad-core Xeons? Their $3000 box with dual quad-core processors is loaded with technology that you have, too, but at $1500 less, it's impossible to buy Dell for this high-end hardware.

winoffice
Apr 9		 "I cannot configure a high-end Dell workstation that's less than $1500 more than an equally equipped Apple Mac."

Are you joking?? http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/9164001/wo/bR...=: an Apple MacBook Pro 17" costs $2,899. The specifications are the following:

2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB of memory - 2x1GB, 667 MHz
250 GB hard drive at 5400 RPM
17-inch Hi-Resolution (1920x1200) Glossy LED Widescreen Display
Mac OS X
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+/-RW optical drive I suppose)

The significantly better Vostro 1700 costs $1,982 with the following specifications (http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&o...):

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache)
Microsoft Windows Vista® Ultimate
17" widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) LCD Display with TrueLife (glossy)
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
8X CD/DVD+RW Read and Burn CD and DVD
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
250GB 5400RPM hard drive
siger
Apr 10		 apple is too expensive .
gweston
Apr 10		 I have never seen an apple with the same specs cost less than a dell
aikiwolfie
Apr 10		 I'd like to know what these elusive specs are. The last time I even went to the Apple web site my wallet refused to give up my credit card.
jdelidc
Apr 11		 what computer are you looking at? i'd rather have an apple than a dell, but they are more expensive
jeffbx
May 29		 Looks like he's comparing the Mac Pro dual Xeon with a Precision T5400 dual Xeon. It's closer to a $1000 difference, but the Dell is clearly more expensive due to the high, high cost of the Xeon upgrades. Dell is charging about a $500 premium per processor above 2.8GHz (vs. retail cost), which hmmm, almost exactly makes up the difference in cost vs. the Mac. I was skeptical of this one since I, too, had never seen any Mac cheaper than a comparably equipped Dell. Here's the first one!
aikiwolfie
May 29		 So what sort of warranty deal do they offer? And do they pay your electricity bill?
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