Jim - give it up. If the only way you know how to
compare PC's is by processor speed then you are not
prepared to invest, long or short in this industry.
Your analogy proves that you buy cars based solely on
the horsepower of the engine.
You continually miss the fundamental point that PC's
come in many different flavors configured for different
tasks with different price points and feature sets.
You don't know 1 single important technical differentiator
about the Dell system you saw versus a typewriter.
I've proven several times over the last week that Dell
beats anyone in price for like configurations.
Does the HP support Ultra DMA 33? Does it use a PIIX3 or
PIIX6 southbridge or something else? does it support USB?
how about 1394? is the video UMA, PCI capable or AGP,
if AGP, will it support 2X mode? Or, are you getting integrated video? what refresh rates will it support, resolution, color depth,
is video memory expandable? What chipset does it use? what
is max ram expandability? How many dimm slots? 2, 3, 4?
How many EIDE channels does it have? Is it SDRAM or EDO? If
SDRAM, will it support 2-1-1-1 burst access? What size is L2
cache? is it 4 way set associative or direct mapped? does the
HP have integrated ethernet? what sound chip does it use? how
many wavetables does it support? how many watts is the power
supply? how many expansion slots does it offer
Does the CDROM support CLV or CAV or partial CLV? What size
are the HD's? are the maxtor, quantum, seagate mode4 pio??
Does it come with speakers? are the $10 labtecs or $150
Altec ACS495's.
If you don't think you need any of this stuff, get a load
of Microsoft Entertainment PC98 spec. Today's sub-zeros
won't be able to do anything fun within 12-18 months. The
Dell systems have many if not most of the PC98 features built
in guaranteeing a longer useful life.
You get what you pay for. Do you want a toy to surf the net
and send email or do you want a feature rich productivity
PC98 multi-media capable machine? Who you gonna call?
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