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Mac for $1,500
A little more expensive and yea its only 13.9
13-inch:
Intel Core 2 Duo \t2.53GHz
64 bit
4GB Memory \t
250GB hard drive1 or 320GB for 50.00 more
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
BluetoothMac
NVidia MCP79 AHCI HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
NVidia MCP79 AHCI Hitachi HTS543225L95AO2
OS X Snow Leopard
W/ i Software
Intel High Definition Audio
High Res all Glass Monitor
All Glass Trackpad
Illuminated Keyboard
Aluminum Shell
vs.
Dell Studio 15: $1,102
It's a 15' "but is size of monitor everything?"
"It's pretty to look at... Nice Artwork which a Mac can get if the buyer wishes.
Processors
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
64 bit
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
Hard Drive: 320GB5
4G Memory
8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
NO PRODUCTION SOFTWARE
High Definition Audio 2.0
Which would you buy?
A little more expensive and yea its only 13.9
13-inch:
Intel Core 2 Duo \t2.53GHz
64 bit
4GB Memory \t
250GB hard drive1 or 320GB for 50.00 more
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
BluetoothMac
NVidia MCP79 AHCI HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
NVidia MCP79 AHCI Hitachi HTS543225L95AO2
OS X Snow Leopard
W/ i Software
Intel High Definition Audio
High Res all Glass Monitor
All Glass Trackpad
Illuminated Keyboard
Aluminum Shell
vs.
Dell Studio 15: $1,102
It's a 15' "but is size of monitor everything?"
"It's pretty to look at... Nice Artwork which a Mac can get if the buyer wishes.
Processors
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
64 bit
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
Hard Drive: 320GB5
4G Memory
8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
NO PRODUCTION SOFTWARE
High Definition Audio 2.0
Which would you buy?
Comments
Time is more expensive than a quick purchase. If personnel support for those Dells came out of my budget, not IT's, I would have paid for them twice by now.
Plus:
It is not just specs as Microsoft has tried to make it in their recent ads.
Look at the OS (no comparison) and the included apps in addition to the ones you can get cheaply compared to their counterparts (iWork's Pages, Keynote and Numbers) that all work similarly and together.
Also consider the Mac runs both Mac OS and Windoze, if absolutely necessary.
Not even a debate in my book.
Mac for $1,500
A little more expensive and yea its only 13.9
13-inch:
Intel Core 2 Duo \t2.53GHz
64 bit
4GB Memory \t
250GB hard drive1 or 320GB for 50.00 more
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
BluetoothMac
NVidia MCP79 AHCI HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
NVidia MCP79 AHCI Hitachi HTS543225L95AO2
OS X Snow Leopard
W/ i Software
Intel High Definition Audio
High Res all Glass Monitor
All Glass Trackpad
Illuminated Keyboard
Aluminum Shell
vs.
Dell Studio 15: $1,102
It's a 15' "but is size of monitor everything?"
"It's pretty to look at... Nice Artwork which a Mac can get if the buyer wishes.
Processors
Intel® Core? 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
64 bit
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
Hard Drive: 320GB5
4G Memory
8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
NO PRODUCTION SOFTWARE
High Definition Audio 2.0
Which would you buy?
No offense Russell...but when you ask a question like that in an all Mac forums...what kind of answers do you expect?
I love the Apple OS, but I also own a Dell XPS 1530 and a Studio 15, I have never had problems with any of them. As far as support goes, Dell is probably the best support you can get that isn't apple. It really boils down to preference and how much money you are willing to spend.
If you want to spend a little extra and you prefer the Mac OS...then the obvious choice would be go with the Mac. If you want to get a computer with similar specs and you don't have an opinion on OS and you would rather save some money...go with the Studio 15.
Just saying.