Yet again today I’ve been involved in an argument about the costs of Dell vs. Apple laptops. It gets really old, really fast.
All the normal excuses get trollied out, “They’re not that more expensive really”, “Apple Macs are lovely, and built from a solid block of aluminium”, “Dells fucking suck” so forth, so fifth.
So for the sheer fuck of it, I decided to do a comparison. Dell vs. Apple Mac vs. HP (as one person recommended). HP isn’t really fair, as they don’t appear to offer much in the way of customisation.
The spec : An “office-ready” machine. (i.e. not Dell’s low-end inspiron, but corporate Latitude). 4Gb RAM. 500Gb hard disk (or highest size possible). Best possible monitor/screen resolution. And what we come up with is this :
|
HP |
Dell |
Apple |
| Model |
HP Compaq 6730b |
Latitude 6500 |
Macbook Pro |
| Screen Size |
15″ |
15″ |
15″ |
| Processor |
2.53Ghz Core Duo |
2.53Ghz Core Duo |
2.53Ghz Core Duo |
| RAM |
4GB |
4GB |
4GB |
| Hard Disk |
250Gb |
250Gb |
250Gb |
| Resolution |
1280×800 |
1920×1200 |
1440×900 |
| DVD Drive |
Not Specced |
8x DVD +/RW |
Superdrive 8x (DVD +R DL/DVD) |
| Additional Info, as requested by Matt in the comments |
| Dimensions |
WxH : 35.6×26.6cm
Depth: 3.4cm |
WxH : 35.8×25.7cm
Depth : 3.3cm |
WxH : 36.4×24.9cm
Depth: 2.41cm |
| Weight |
2.7Kg |
2.3Kg |
2.5Kg |
| |
| Price |
£767 inc VAT |
£1105 VAT |
£1299 incl VAT |
Not the most convincing (once you’ve added in VAT – Dell and HP don’t show it ’til afterwards) but still the Apple is nearly £200 more than it’s nearest competitor.
Interesting though.