Your dell was also LESS than half the speed. Half the speed for half the price. Its a fair trade off. And what, pray tell is a DVD-CD? Things that can burn both DVDs and CDs are generally called "DVD burners", seeing as there hasn't really been any major DVD burners that couldn't also handle some CD-RW.
Also with Apple's desktops you pay for very good workmanship. I wish I could say the same for their laptops, but the evidence is against them (I'm a PowerBook G4 Ti user on his third set of hinges and second screen:P)
Personally I disagree with both the Dell approach and the Apple approach myself. Build your own damned PC, it isn't that hard!...remember the standoffs.
Slashdot Mirror
Your dell was also LESS than half the speed. Half the speed for half the price. Its a fair trade off. And what, pray tell is a DVD-CD? Things that can burn both DVDs and CDs are generally called "DVD burners", seeing as there hasn't really been any major DVD burners that couldn't also handle some CD-RW. Also with Apple's desktops you pay for very good workmanship. I wish I could say the same for their laptops, but the evidence is against them (I'm a PowerBook G4 Ti user on his third set of hinges and second screen :P)
Personally I disagree with both the Dell approach and the Apple approach myself. Build your own damned PC, it isn't that hard! ...remember the standoffs.