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Apple's New MacBook: Favorable Price Comparison to Dell

Actualy, you should really add about $200 to get a truly comparable Dell 1330 config.The Dell is actually wedge shaped and 1.4 inches thick on the thick end; the config listed is with the crummy four-cell battery. $30 extra for the 6-cell like Macbook's. The weight quoted is with the four cell and the extra cost slimline LED screen which it doesn't have, so you need to add half a pound or so for a comparable weight. The Dell config has no 802.11n ($35 extra), and a home version of the OS rather than the full Vista Ultimate ($150 extra), or even XP Pro ($120? extra) to match full Leopard. It has no gigabit ethernet (unavailable), no power over firewire (unavailable; need power brick for pocket drives etc). No optical sound out for your AV amp either. And no Magsafe power connector. Priced config has no modem, contrary to description.

But it does have an Expresscard 54 slot and a memory card reader.

They are both good computers; the Dell is undoubtedly significantly more expensive, and lacks many of Macbook's subtle Apple qualities (target disk mode, for example).