The Xeon chips are pricey, presumably because those users who need
both the speed and reliability they provide are willing to pay for them.
Apple's not out of line here; a quick visit to Dell's site, configuring their
base T5500 workstation with dual 2.66 GHz Nehalems and 2 GB of RAM
comes out to $4780 (rebate to $4413) vs Apple's $4699 (but with 6 GB).
Bringing the Dell to 6 GB brings the after-rebate price to $4733.
I settled for a quad-core iMac myself, but really wish I had ECC. I can?t
quite justify for what I do at home, though. If it were for work, it?d be
easy to spend the extra $1000 or more for peace of mind.
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