Quote - Well, fact also is that an i7 from HP costs $1460 (list price) whereas a MacPro costs $3300 (list price). I haven't seen any comparative benchmarks but I doubt that the performance of the mac pro is more than double the one of HP. Has anyone seen a benchmark?
Of course, HP is just an example, there are other hardware makers who offer similar stuff. That's another advantage of PC: there's competition between hardware producers, whereas Apple is alone doing their machines.

Compare the specs, enough said there. Doesn't matter anyway because it's personal conjecture vs direct quote from Maximum PC Microsoft interview where even their own company admits the pricing is "OK".

And until now I still haven't seen my list of arguments being defeated... :-)

**If you would read again, which obviously you have not, this debate you started was due to FACT vs personal conjecture. What happened is it was YOU and just a few others that split this thread off into two different topics:

1. What the OP stated about a "Ultimate Vue Computer" and

2. Yourself and a minority voice of others passing off your personal bias and conjecture about Apple computers as if it were FACTS.

I have yet to see you or anyone else defeat my FACTS against the statements you have made about Apple because they are backed by links and references.
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Regarding consumer base, because it's so small, it's only natural that it grows. Any smaller and Apple would disappear... ;-)

**Again, personal conjecture, NOT FACT. As I point out before which you obviously missed or didn't bother reading:

www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41291/140/

It's from a 3rd party source, NOT Apple so you can't use that excuse any more. Of course it's just one of several.**

Jeff

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