‘Computerworld’: Macs not more expensive than PCs for most part
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jun 8, 2007 at 6:49am
When it comes to Macs verses PCs, the old adage that Macs are more expensive than PCs just isn’t true, according to a Computerworld report. That is, unless you’re looking at sub-US$600 systems.
“I have found in my research is that neither side has a lock on good value. If you start with Apple’s relatively short list of SKUs (three or four model variations for each of its lines, such as MacBook Pro, MacBook and iMac) and then look for comparable Windows machines, you’ll find that Apple bests the competition in some ways and not in others, but the pricing overall is surprisingly on par,” Scot Finnie writes. “Only a few years ago, it seemed like a no-brainer that Windows hardware was much cheaper. But if you’re talking name-brand hardware, that’s just no longer the case.”
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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