Re: Mac v.s Pc

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Yerks!  Why would anyone knowingly spend their money on a Vaio?  The 
pretty 
box?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, 5 June, 2006 19:06 PM
Subject: RE: Mac v.s Pc


> --- goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
>
>> here's another 2c worth: I have a macbook pro, which
>> is an intel-powered
>> dual-core 1.8Ghz laptop. it has 2 Gb of ram.
>> the whole thing cost almost twice as much as the
>> nearest PC equivalent
>
> I'm not sure how you can make that statement. I've
> been shopping for these things a lot and I found that
> unless you're looking at a no-name laptop the prices
> of the Macs weren't all that out of line.  Here's what
> I saw:
>
> 
>http://www.buy.com/prod/Sony_Vaio_100GB_1GB_13_3_DVD_R_RW_Windows_XP_Professional/q/loc/101/202242878.html
>
> and
>
> 
>http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBookPro
>
> The Sony's got more ram (I think a gig stick costs
> about $150 these days) and the Apple's got a faster
> processor but "twice" as expensive?  I found similar
> prices with most of the major brands like Toshiba,
> Lenovo(IBM) and Dell.
>
> I did decide to go with a Toshiba myself but only
> because I've already got machines that run all the Mac
> apps I have and the added cost of XP did make the
> Macbook more expensive for a reason I could't justify.
>
> Mark
>
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