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Macbook Pro 17"
Jan. 8th, 2009 11:25 amWow... Almost $6000 for the most tricked out version of the 17" MBP. That's with solid state 256GB drive, 2.93GHz processor, 8GB RAM, and all the bells and whistles and protection plans. Holy crap.
Neither Sony nor Dell has a 17" laptop model with 8GB RAM, and the most expensive ones they've got are still less than half that price. Alienware has an 8GB model that runs Vista 64-bit, and has a blu-ray drive built in, and it's still roughly $1500 cheaper. The solid state drive doesn't make much of a difference - it's the 8GB memory upgrade that massively tips over the MBP price point.
I bet that monster MBP will scream once Snow Leopard gets released.
Neither Sony nor Dell has a 17" laptop model with 8GB RAM, and the most expensive ones they've got are still less than half that price. Alienware has an 8GB model that runs Vista 64-bit, and has a blu-ray drive built in, and it's still roughly $1500 cheaper. The solid state drive doesn't make much of a difference - it's the 8GB memory upgrade that massively tips over the MBP price point.
I bet that monster MBP will scream once Snow Leopard gets released.