[MacTUG] SMB Days of Deals | Dell Canada

[Steve Hellyer]

Hi Stephen,


Agreed. You get 3 year hardware warranty with the Dell.  Not sure I would call it support. ;-)

By all surveys and report Apple's support is in a class on it own.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10467112-37.html

You also seem to ignore much slower (less expensive) RAM that does match FSB of the processor, smaller hard drive some of which is already taken up with the Windows installer as there is OS DVD's with computer, and much longer battery life with WIFI on vs 6 hours.  No ilife - Garageband, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb.

If you "Value" price only then I get your point. But you get much less hardware and software.

ChildCare Centre is very lucky to have you help them out! Could they do it on their own? What's your time worth $400 maybe? Are you adding on cost like Virus protection? Just saying I think price alone does not equate to cost of ownership and happiness with product.

Finally this Dell is on sale. Normal price is $1,630 (from website).  So I can only assume that the Dell is a good value to if on sale. 

Cheers,
Steve

On 2010-05-26, at 1:33 PM, Stephen Markan wrote:

> Hmm at least on the Dell I get 3-year support for that price. You left out the equivalent AppleCare at $218 which raises the price to $1,217 for the lowest end Macbook on the Apple EDU Store.
>  
> I don't care which one someone chooses to buy I just like to compare value for value...and that is why the ChildCare Centre that I help out buys all Dells even though they would prefer Macs...the $400 price gap beats out the macbook when budget has a limit...
>  
> cheers
> Stephen
> 
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Steve Hellyer <phasetwo at apple.com> wrote:
> MacBook
> 
>        • 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
>        • Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) 32 and 64-bit + Ilife 09 All Media included
>        • 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x1GB
>        • 250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
>        • SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Software built into OS & iLIfe
>        • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
>        • Long-lasting 10-hour battery and MagSafe connector on adaptor
> 
> $949.00 EDU
> 
> Latitude E5400 Laptop
> 
> Fast Track | Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400 with VT (2.26GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
> Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 32-bit, no media
> 2.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
> 160GB Hard Drive, 5400RPM
> 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™, no media
> 3 Year ProSupport for End Users and 3 Year NBD Onsite Service
> 
> $799
> 
> So where is the deal? Just seem like you get less for less?
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 2010-05-26, at 11:42 AM, Marlon A. Griffith wrote:
> 
> > http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/days_of_deals?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&l=en&dgc=SM&cid=44985&lid=1435978
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Steve Hellyer
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
Education Division (Higher Education)
Apple Canada Inc.
7495 Birchmount Rd.
Markham, Ontario, Canada
L3R 5G2

PH: (905)513-5647
Mailto: phasetwo at apple.com

Training Websites
http://training.apple.com/
http://www.witzapplecertifiedtraining.com/

AppleCare Online Support
http://www.apple.com/ca/support/

AppleCare Technical Phone Support
tel:1-800-263-3394  (basic up and running support for individual consumers)

AppleCare Enterprise Level Support
http://www.apple.com/ca/support/products/macosxserver_sw_supt.html

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