Cost of a Dell XPS M2010 vs. 20" iMac

zoziw

Just for fun I priced out a Dell XPS M2010 and a 20" iMac with a bumped up graphics card.

M2010:

Price $4,098.00

iMac 20":

The only upgrade is the graphics card on the iMac.

Price $1,849.00

I was at the mall the other day and passed a Dell kiosk where they were displaying the M2010. While it is somewhat more movable than an iMac, it isn't something you would want to lug around with you.

I just can't believe the price difference...am I missing something?

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Pelao

It's interesting that the Dell has roughly the same HD space, but divided into 2 drives, and they are 5400 rpm drives. A weak point, I reckon.

Anyway, the Mac is worth more simply because of OS X.

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saxamaphone

they are laptop hard drives. imac has a full size drive.

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a7mc

Worth Noting... 2 drives usually means a raid configuration. So no... it's far from being a weak point.

A7

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zoziw

Does a RAID configuration mean you only get 120 GB of space for the price?

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jdurston

I'd much rather a single faster desktop drive than 2 laptop drives in a RAID. Plus, laptop drives typically have way less capacity and cost way more to replace.

With 2 drives, you double the chance of a premature disk failure.

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a7mc

Depends on the type of Raid, but presumably, we're talking about striped raid for increased performance, not for backup reasons. So no... you get the full 240GB (looks like a single drive).

Good for you. Some of us actually care about speed. Would you avoid adding a stick of ram to your system because you'll double your chance of ram failure? That's a pretty strange way of thinking. A striped raid setup is considerably faster than a single drive could ever be... and for some people (i.e. video editors) that's important. Just because you're paranoid about drive failure, doesn't mean Raid is a bad thing.

Look... I'm not defending the Dell. I think it's ridiculously overpriced and ugly as sin. But it does have it's strong points. Other companies are allowed to have some good technology too... don't knock them just cuz they're not Apple.

That's the main reason I don't come on here much. Too many sheep. Baaah.

A7

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gwillikers

Ahh, but we're happy sheep!

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a7mc

Cute sheep. lol. Needs an Apple logo on the side though.

A7

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Fox

For a person who doesn't come on here much, 352 posts ain't bad.

Actually, I have nothing against Dell, in fact I use their 20" widescreen monitor with my Cube and I'm very happy with it. I would buy other things from them when they go on sale, but not their computers.

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