[B Knotts]

I was talking about the M90 with the 2.16 GHz processor.

And, no, it doesn't come close to $3098. I priced it out, and it was still a little under the Mac Book Pro price, even with the free monitor.

Dells aren't cheap. But Macs are somewhat less cheap.

[Swordmaker]

And, no, it doesn't come close to $3098. I priced it out, and it was still a little under the Mac Book Pro price, even with the free monitor.

Sorry, but I just priced it out just before I responded to you and it came to $3098. The Dell requires several upgrades to make it near equivalent. You obviously omitted something necessary to match the MacBook Pro.

This is not my comparison... it is from a site that does this regularly, systemshootouts.org. It has also been done before by several computer pundits, including PC magazine editors, who also know what they are talking about. The pricing for equivalent equipment is, er, well, equivalent.