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On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 15:17 -0400, Chris Linstid wrote:
> As Chris C. says below, it's a combination of the controlled set of  
> hardware and software that gives Apple its edge in quality and I  
> don't believe that will change with intel chips powering them.   
> However, I don't think they will ever win in a "bang for the buck"  
> comparison.  That quality comes at quite a hefty price tag.  I'm  
> typing this on a 2.16GHz MacBook Pro, so I'm intimately familiar
> with  
> the cost.
> 
>         - Chris

I'm not so sure that Apple still deserves the grumbles about price.
(Though my only Apple was a IIc+ ages ago, so I have not actually put my
wallet on the line.)  They have no cheap Celeron based stuffed for sale
to compete at the bottom, but when you match components, they seem to be
in the ballpark nowadays.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=intel+duo+2ghz&btnG=Search&hl=en

A froogle search for 2ghz intel duo does not make Apple seem out of
line.  I realize that's pretty crude, but I think they've come a long
way on "bang for the buck" since their 68000-based days.


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