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quick price comparison, which is making me consider jumping over...again
New 16" MBP
2.4GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz
32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
2TB SSD storage
3 yr Apple CareTOTAL £4200 / £3900 (student)
Dell XPS 15 (15.6")
Same spec except NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
plus 3 year next day on site fix£2650 / £2400 student
£1.5k extra for the mac. I get the OS argument, but I've had some shit from Apple this year with things breaking and OS bugs which are unresolved, so can it be much different?
windows 'ecosystem' arguably better for kids to get into too, for school etc, but apple have imessage /facetime / airdrop / ease of all that. Apple tax though...seems a lot for phone, computers, tablets combined, £1000s
Looking for answers...not expecting to find any
- it's entirely down to you. either you want a mac, in which case pony up the extra £££. or you just want a laptop in which case get the dell.hans_glib
- or do what i did and get a second hand macbook pro from macbank. and it helps save the planet at the same time, apparently.hans_glib
- I know that, more I'm questioning the benefit of a mac. It can't just be vanity, surely?craigatkinson
- er, yes it can be.hans_glib
- Some of it comes down to fit and finish and quality of individual build parts beyond just processors. Milled aluminum and premium stuff.monospaced
- Dude. The equivalent dell is the same price and not as powerful.monospaced
- The Mac is so much more expensive in the UK anyway, I guess because of the Brexit crap or something.NBQ00
- mono, the equiv dell is £1500 less and arguably more powerful - see my post!
premium stuff? Do you mean a nice box?craigatkinson - This is with all the high end specs and add ons...but I'm seeing it come out to something like $1000 cheaper on Apple's main site in the US.yuekit
- ok, but I'm in the UK, and its the same spec as the dellcraigatkinson
- Hmmm where can you see the price for the high end XPS? Having trouble finding it on Dell's site.yuekit
- I have no doubt Apple is more expensive for the same specs, but you might also be seeing an exaggerated version of the price because of where you live.yuekit
- choose based on the software you use, i'm in the process of switching but it's going to take a few years due to my reliance on FCP and Logickingsteven
- running a hackintosh and doing all my dev and design work in Win 10 and it wasnt much of a fuss to switchkingsteven
- yuekit, the price is the price- its not exaggerated. Dells - just make the thing and put in the basket - price goes up along the way. Maybe diff out of uk?craigatkinson
- Look at Lenovo's X1 too. Some great sales going on right now (like 30-40% off). I got my nephew a killer machine for $1300.formed
- and it's not even vanity at this point, it's just consumer naivete (just like Volvo still is thought of as being "safer").formed
- The high end 15" Dell XPS is listed at $2,999. THat's the same as the MBP 16", which has a better display.monospaced
- Apple charges more because they can. They know their massive marketing campaigns work well. Gotta pay the ad agencies somehow!formed
- Proof? Click here: https://www.dell.com…monospaced
- silly wabbits, macs are for girls and non techie types like boomersmoldero
- The Dell is $200 more here, at least.monospaced
- mono, I'll email you my receipt. And they knocked an extra £100 off, £2300 for a better spec than the 16" mbp as shown in my post. I'm talking £ not $ UK pricecraigatkinson
- I believe you. But over here, the MBP is cheaper, not half price. THat's all.monospaced
- I don't know how the Dell would be $2,999 dollars and only €2650 euro. I don't think it's the same specs as the one I linked to. Oh well.monospaced
- You can find great sales on Dell's and Lenovo's, knocking the prices down another 20-40%.formed