I made some price comparisons this evening following the release of the new iMac. So, here is what I discovered, by trying to build an "iMac"-like PC (I targetted the configuration of the middle range iMac which sells at $1500), consulting prices from PriceWatch &
PriceGrabber. The mentioned prices are retail and the individual components probably have costed even
less for Apple, but I am going to overlook that and give the benefit to Apple.
Update: Some good comments and further clarifications on the subject,
can be found here.
Update2: And speaking of eMachines (whose quality is not bad, neither the company is out of business (yet)), check out their
brand new systems and prices. They even prepare for sale a NorthWood P4 system at 2Ghz. NorthWood is the new P4 CPU model which is much faster than its P4 predessesor at the same clock speed.