Am 19.05.2012 13:47, schrieb Dave Ihnat:
Actually, there's a bit of misconception here. Yes, you can find machines with marginal configurations that may have the same processor as a Macbook Pro that appear to be very much cheaper.
But they have less or slower memory, less capable/slower support chipsets, slower/smaller hard drives, less capable video cards, "home" versions of Windows (if you go that route), etc. By the time you configure an Intel-based machine to meet the same performance specs as an equivalent Apple machine, the difference shrinks to a couple of hundred dollars or less. THAT is the legitimate "Apple Tax", not the hundreds or thousands people claim.
this may be PARTLY true for a notebook, on the other hand i have naver seen so many displays or graphics cards die as in macbooks or currently screens from the iMacs
but not for a desktop or any professional computer the machine below: http://www8.hp.com/de/de/products/desktops/product-detail.html?oid=5096737
* 4x2 TB Disk as RAID10 * 16 GB RAM * Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
1600 € a year ago
you will not find any compareable machine from Apple the iMacs are only toys and the XEON/ECC of a MacPro is not needed ___________________________
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4) 00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b4) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b4) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection 02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03) 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)