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Originally posted by Ronbo
I would disagree with that. There really isn't a significant difference in cost between like-equipped PCs and Macs. Of course if you're looking at the ultra-low end (sub $600 or so), there isn't a Mac priced to compete there.
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At the very low end, complete PC systems do cost less. At the higher end, Macs range from roughly the same to +13% in the last study I found.
But when you add the cost of all the stuff you need for a PC, anti-virus stuff, any of the programs equivalent to the iLife programs that come for free on the Mac (assuming you want them): iDVD, iPhoto, GarageBand, iMovie HD, iWeb... the PC will be a lot more. And you spend a lot of time fiddling with a PC that you could be using to actually Do Stuff.
EDIT: The Mac Mini/low end PC comparison is closer than I thought. see
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/01/miniapplesandoranges/index.php