Let’s take a look at the results.įor the most part, the two systems are comparable, indicating that at least for a laptop, Apple’s pricing fits in line with comparable hardware. We also took the XPS model that was priced the same as the baseline MacBook Pro. We went to Dell’s website and picked out what Dell indicated was a serious gaming laptop.
Let’s take a quick look at some of Apple’s competition and their pricing structure compared to Apple’s: Instead, let’s see what you can get for $2000, from Apple and from others.
However, building a PC to do the same isn’t the point, because you can always buy a cheaper car to get you from A to B. In fact, I mentioned this in my previous article, although some people seemed to have completely missed the page where I complained about Apple’s outrageous prices altogether.
And there’s no doubt that you can get an equally equipped PC, or build one yourself, for less money. In terms of hardware, there’s nothing really special about a Mac aside from elegant designs, be it a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro, that makes it incredibly more worthwhile than the PC equivalent.
