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Old 01-04-2006, 02:51 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I agree it comes down to an individuals specific needs, but the price is the one thing that actually got me to buy my mac.
I wanted a highly portable laptop with a long battery life and 12" screen.
The 12" ibook is $1250.
If you can find any 12" PC at less then $1600, I'm impressed. Most of them cost over $2000.
Here's a link to a now dead (but commonly occuring sale) from Dell for a 14.4 Widescreen notebook with some similar specs to the 12" iBook. Specs might not be 100% comparable but it does let you know the price of admission on the respective platforms. Not sure how you interpret "highly portable" but this is 1.1" thick.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...light=latitude

$549
including shipping. Looks pretty good IMHO for that price.

Macs are down right sexy, I give you that, but this is a pretty good example of how Macs are premium priced over Windows machines.

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