Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 17:19 UTC
"Apple really is is the better way, but why? No, not for the trendy industrial design, not for the OS, not for the CPU, but for the money. It charges quite a bit, but it is not the 'reassuringly expensive' factor either, the price/performance is nothing to brag about. What makes Apple better is quite simply the fact that it doesn't compete."
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First hand experience: I bought a Dell Precsision 470 complete with dual Xeons & Gigs of RAM. I was reasonably happy with performance, until the motherboard sizzled. Ok, it happens.... then the power supply went.... then the motherboard reported RAM errors (which were tested by a local vendor and passed). I'm still using it, but I no longer trust it.
Contrast that to my experience with my older G4 & dual G5. Good performance for both, the G4 is still happily running as my app/file server without those other issues. The G5 has moved into my primary box (even above the Ubuntu Precision). I haven't looked back and can't imagine taking a chance on the cheaper boxes.
KJ