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Re:The PC is interesting again by supernovae on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:22PM (#13345658)
You do realize that the Dell is 20% cheaper right? That is a large price difference.. perhaps the issue is that people seem to insinuate that 20% price difference isn't much for them so its not much for everyone.

Also, the real value proposition for PC's is that they go on sale more than once a year and you can generally get discounts, replacement parts, upgrades, spares without that 20% premium again..

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Re:The PC is interesting again by freehunter on Saturday January 07, 2017 @07:10PM (#13347452)
Any my first entry into this thread was "Apple computers are always more expensive". The rebuttal was "yeah but they're twice the price of a comparable PC". 20% is right in line with "more expensive" but a far cry from "twice the price".
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Re:The PC is interesting again by fjrieiekd on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:17PM (#13348207)
How much will that Dell be worth vs the MacBook in 3 years? While not a fan of the newest MacBook, I don't have to be because they -last-.
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