Apple and Dell Workstations
There is one area where Dell is particularly weak against Apple: business workstations. Let's take a look at the Precision 490, their less expensive, Quad-Core Xeon workstation. Configured to match Apple Mac Pro's specs, it costs $5,168 Canadian.
The Mac Pro goes for $4,391. Here are the specs:
Note the price difference in Apple's favour: $777. These two machines aren't even in the same ballpark! Dell is terribly overpriced in this instance. The Mac Pro turns out to be a genuine bargain!
And let's not overlook Mac Pro's gorgeous industrial design.
The Mac Pro goes for $4,391. Here are the specs:
- Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Xeon processors
- 4GB 667MHz DDR2 memory
- 500GB 7200rpm hard drive
- 16X DVD burner
- 3 Year warranty
- 512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics
Note the price difference in Apple's favour: $777. These two machines aren't even in the same ballpark! Dell is terribly overpriced in this instance. The Mac Pro turns out to be a genuine bargain!
And let's not overlook Mac Pro's gorgeous industrial design.
posted by Darkest Knight | 7:33 AM
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You can also choose NVIDIA Quadro graphics for the Mac Pro. If you do this, adding the 512MB Quadro FX 4500, the Mac Pro costs $6,071 Canadian.
The best Quadro card available for the Precision 490 is the 256MB Quadro FX 3500. Clearly, this is not as good a card as the Mac Pro's. Adding it to the Dell brings the price up to $5,558.
Here, the Mac Pro is $500 more than the Dell, but given the superior Mac graphics, the comparison is a wash! I give the nod to the Mac Pro because of its industrial design.
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