Originally Posted by
pdxer
i would love to see those too, but apple doesn't have a product in every category at every price point. in particular, they don't have any netbooks at all, at least not yet (there have been a few hints that something is coming though).
comparing the two, i see that the macbook has 1066 mhz memory versus 800 on the dell, an nvidia 9400m gpu versus an intel x3100, dvi out instead of vga, gigabit ethernet instead of 100 base-t, 6 pin firewire versus 4 pin (can't use bus-powered hard drives with 4 pin firewire) and a multi-touch trackpad. os x is comparable to vista ultimate but the dell comes with vista home premium. on the other hand, the dell has a larger hard drive.
http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html
so while the dell may be a little cheaper, it's also not exactly the same specs either.
I found two that are very comparable and a lot cheaper:
http://www.frys.com/product/5810793?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
$650: double the Ram (expandable up to 8gb), double the Hard Drive, bigger screen, integrated card reader, HDMI and VGA out, 3USB plus eSATA, lightscribe dvd drive
that should make up for the slightly lower processor speed and the lower FSB and even the non-gigabit network card, even if you don't count that it is 35% cheaper.
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-Bitwith Service Pack 1
Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400
Processor Speed 2.00 GHz
Processor Cache 2 MB L2 Cache
Bus Speed 800MHz FSB
Memory 4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Max supported =8192MB
Accessible Memory Slots 2
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (shared) with up to 1759MB total available graphics memory
Hard Drive 320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Finish and Features HP Intersect Imprint finish & HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone
Multimedia Drive LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD?R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 14.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Option Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN
Digital Media 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader* for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Audio SRS Premium Sound
Keyboard 101-key compatible & 1 Quick Launch Button
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Notebook Ports
3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
HDMI
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)
The other is here:
http://www.frys.com/product/5892903?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
$479, That's less than half!
3gb instead of 2 for the mac, double the HD, bigger screen, card reader, PC card slot.
Both come with FREE UPGRADE to W7.
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
Processor Intel® Pentium® T4200 Processor
Processor Speed 2.00 GHz
Processor Cache 1 MB L2 Cache
Bus Speed 800MHz FSB
Memory 3072MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Max supported =4GB
Accessible Memory Slots 2
Video Graphics Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with up to 1759MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10
Hard Drive 320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Finish and Features Acer MediaTouch Console
Multimedia Drive 8X DVD-+R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 14.1" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite™ Widescreen Display TFT LCD (1280 x 800)
Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Option 802.11b/g/Draft-N WiFi CERTIFIED
Digital Media 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
Fax/Modem 56K ITU V.92 with PTT Approval Fax/Modem
Audio Two Built-in Stereo Speakers
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot
External Notebook Ports
Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
Headphone out
microphone-in
VGA (15-pin)
RJ-11 (modem)
RJ -45 (LAN)