[editor-surveyor]

“In addition to that, for all laptops at $1,000 and up — Apple has about 90% of that market.”

That is simply because an Apple that is equivalent to a $800 Dell or HP costs over $2500.

I haven’t run into any Apple laptops in business use for several years, but I frequently see desk boxes in various places. The companies that my wife has worked for have used Dell laptops exclusively.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

That is simply because an Apple that is equivalent to a $800 Dell or HP costs over $2500.

You may not know it, but there's a whole lot of those $1,000 Macs that are sold out there. And the Macs range up from there in varying increments -- so it doesn't just go from $1,000 and then to $2,500.

I love the Macs because of how well they're built. I had my laptop for several years while a relative of mine went through two laptops and then finally decided to give up on them and get a cheap desktop (the Windows variety...).

So, from what I've seen, those cheap Windows machines just don't hold up (that's from seeing some of my relatives machines, you see).

[dangerdoc]

Speaking of Apple laptops, read the link for a chuckle. hot i7

[Swordmaker]

That is simply because an Apple that is equivalent to a $800 Dell or HP costs over $2500.

i've been watching you spout your ignorance of Macs on this thread for some time... this one is totally absurd. Please show me the $800 Dells and HP that are workstation class machines with Intel® Xeon™ class processors that have Error Correcting Memory DDR3 memory? On the contrary, when you configure either a Dell or a HP to the same specs, the Apple Mac Pro is usually either competitive in LOWER in price.

Here are both the Mac Pro and the Dell Workstations matched as best as possible... The Mac had an upgraded hard drive to 1TB and added 3yr warranty.

The Dell Precision T7500 had the processor matched to the MacPro's, the HD upgraded to 1TB, the OS upgraded to 64bit, Memory to 3GBs:

Gee, Editor, the Dell is $169 MORE expensive than the MacPro... and still doesn't come with the suite of excellent software that comes free with the MacPro... or the excellently engineered aircraft aluminum case, without cabling anywhere in it, that is completely EPEAT GOLD rated... and the Apple MacPro is available TODAY... as opposed to having to wait until May 5th for the Dell to be built and shipped.

Now, Would you care to repeat that absurd ignorant claims about $800 dollar equivalents????