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Originally Posted by RWebb
go to FF Bill
I did it years ago and have been happy ever since
or you can pay 85% more and buy a Mac
PS - if you are doing data acq. or other non-business, non-consumer type stuff, then the Mac will have problems too
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I went to a Lexus dealer but they would not sell me a car for the same price as the ones at the Hyundai dealer.
Base Apple Mac Pro 2.66 ghz Quad Core Xeon with 3 gb ram =$2,499
Dell Precision T7500 64 bit OS (OSX is 64 bit) starts at $1,440.
But wait, we need to customize to hit the same spec as the base Mac.
Bring processor up to 2.66 add $1,380
Bring ram up to 3GB add $95
Bring storage up to 500 GB, still short of the Macs 640 GB but ok, add $246
Upgrade disc drive to a 16X burner, not quite the 18X Mac Super Drive but ok, add $41.
We'll ignore the graphics card, the Dell comes stock with a 256 mb 2d card vs the 512 MB 3d card in the Mac. Don't have time to figure out which of Dells upgrades are equivalent but no matter as it's more money.
So the Dell is $3,642 minus $360 instant savings for a total of $3,282 making it %75 more expensive than the MacPro.
Let's try that again with the base model Vostro at $499, oh wait, you can't even get it with the Xeon processor so nevermind.