Excerpted from Mossberg's unqualified rave about the new iMac G5 in Thurs. WSJ.
Sun needs to learn from Apple about compelling products. All CEO's read the WSJ. All CEO's should be asking their CIO's why they don't have a plan to migrate to Mac desktops with Sun servers. Oh, oops, the Sun servers aren't as compelling as the Mac desktops....yet?
--QS
...But the new iMac actually costs less than comparable Windows machines. For instance, Gateway's all-in-one Profile 5 model, with a built-in 17-inch flat-panel screen, costs $1,499, compared with $1,299 for the 17-inch iMac, and the Gateway is much thicker and lacks a dedicated graphics card like the iMac's. Even if you increase the iMac's memory to match the Gateway's 512 megabytes, the iMac is still $125 cheaper.
If you tried to match the specs of the base iMac G5 in a traditional Dell tower, you'd also pay more. A Dell Dimension 4600, with the best processor, Windows XP Pro, the best 17-inch flat-panel monitor, a CD recorder and the same graphics card, costs $7 more than the 17-inch iMac. And it's much bulkier and uglier. |
