John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:33:46AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 10 Jan 2006 at 21:28, Cotty wrote:
Because it's true ;-)
Glad you qualified that with a smiley. ;-)
It's going to need to do a heck of a lot more to justify
system prices _starting_ at $2000 - that's a lot to pay
for a notebook with only a 15.4" display.
Spec out a similar pro notebook (Firewire, GigE, SATA drive, X1600 128MB
video, DVI out, Dual Core CPU) and it will come in the same ballpark.
Display size is more a factor of intended use than one of price point.
Apple has never been outragous for pricing in the Pro market.
My Thinkpad from work cost what a mid-range 15" Powerbook did last year,
with significantly lower spec for the most part (14" display, Radeon
9200 32MB, 802.11b, 40GB 5400rpm drive, Combo drive in comparison to the
PowerBook's 15" widescreen 802.11g, Radeon 9600 128MB, 60 or 80GB drive
and Superdrive DVD burner).
-Adam
