[KnowItAll]

The iPhone is definately expensive. I'm pretty much sold on their media extender.

[KnowItAll]

Oops .. on second thoughts, I don't think the media extender supports Divx ..

[Lammarite]

Originally Posted by KnowItAll

The iPhone is definately expensive.

Compared to what?

[KnowItAll]

>> Compared to what?

My desktop.

[discobay]

At under HKD3,900 for the 4GB model I would buy it today. Sadly, it may cost more when it is released in Asia whenever that is.

[Lammarite]

This is quite apt.....

[KnowItAll]

Hysterical!

[Max]

Originally Posted by Lammarite

This is quite apt.....

Oooooh...I forsee a backlash coming from the diehard Mac users here....

[discobay]

I really like Apple's products but I wouldn't push everything else out of the way just to get a gander. I am very much a realist at heart. I like the iPhone because of its looks and features. I think it's worth it. I don't think everything else Apple sells is worth the price it demands and that's why I don't generally buy their products. Still this is all academic as we are unlikely to see it here anytime this year.

[Lammarite]

Originally Posted by discobay

........I don't think everything else Apple sells is worth the price it demands and that's why I don't generally buy their products......

* Dell base specs
* Dell Precision 490
* Graphics Card - 128MB PCIe nVidia Quadro NVS 285
* Memory - 1GB, DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz, ECC (2x512MB DIMMS)
* HDD - 160GB 7200RPM S-ATA
* Optical - 16X DVD+/-RW drive
* KB/Mouse - USB Entry Quietkey, Dell standard USB 2-Button Optical Mouse
* Sound and Firewire- Onboard AC97 sound and 1394a Controller Card
* No monitor
* Three year onsite economy service & support

* Apple base specs
* Mac Pro
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB
* Memory - 1GB, DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz, ECC (2x512MB DIMMS)
* HDD - 160GB 7200RPM S-ATA
* Optical - Superdrive dual-layer DVD+/-RW drive
* KB/Mouse - Apple Keyboard and Apple Mighty Mouse
* Sound and Firewire - FireWire 800/400 and sound with various I/O inc. optical
* No monitor
* One year standard AppleCare

Now let's take a look at different processor configurations and the resulting pricing from the US stores.

Dual Core Intel Xeon 2GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $2,086.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $2,124.00

Dual Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $2,866.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $2,424.00

Dual Core Intel Xeon 3GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $3,686.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $3,224.00

The reason that people think Macs are more expensive is because they compare the cost of a Mac to the cost of a basic PC but Mac don't make lo-spec machines in the same way.