most people when they first see the price of a macintosh instantly think it’s expensive. little do they know what their getting for their money, but that’s not their fault. the wintel monopoly has people convinced that they need this huge machine that once purchased has to be immediatly expand with all sorts of add on devices to get the features they initially want. if people knew more about apple or their offerings, maybe then they would get it. better yet someone should do a side-by-side comparison between them. i’ve always been attracted to the apple platform by the sheer number of features that their machines have right out of the box. this article attempts to look show this by doing comparison of the dell line of laptops against the various apple laptop offerings. yet another good reason to buy an apple, take note amy.