buying a Dell notebook comparable to Apple (lowest cost) Macbook

Hello,

I am wondering if I wanted to buy a Dell notebook what could I buy
that is comparable to a Macbook.

My girlfriend has an older Macbook (white 13 inch, she says pre-
SantaRosa) 2.xGHz that she bought a couple of years ago and now she
bought a new Macbook Pro (13 inch) 2.5GHz.

I am wondering if someone would know off their top heads if I were
wanting to buy a Dell or even something else what would be comparable
(to either Macbooks). I bought a friend a 'nice' Inspiron 15 from the
Outlet for $485 that has one of the better CPU available for that
system but doing some reading it is not in the same class as a Macbook
(Pro or previous MB). I am not looking for very detailed info maybe a
systemboard chipset and maybe a video chipset.

I am also wondering because they always talk about Macs being more
expensive and I am curious what I could buy to get the same processing
power . I am not talking about installing OS X on it.

vbDavidC wrote:
Hello,

I am wondering if I wanted to buy a Dell notebook what could I buy
that is comparable to a Macbook.

My girlfriend has an older Macbook (white 13 inch, she says pre-
SantaRosa) 2.xGHz that she bought a couple of years ago and now she
bought a new Macbook Pro (13 inch) 2.5GHz.

I am wondering if someone would know off their top heads if I were
wanting to buy a Dell or even something else what would be comparable
(to either Macbooks). I bought a friend a 'nice' Inspiron 15 from the
Outlet for $485 that has one of the better CPU available for that
system but doing some reading it is not in the same class as a Macbook
(Pro or previous MB). I am not looking for very detailed info maybe a
systemboard chipset and maybe a video chipset.

I am also wondering because they always talk about Macs being more
expensive and I am curious what I could buy to get the same processing
power . I am not talking about installing OS X on it.

This is an interesting question, mainly because the operating systems
make this something of an apples vs oranges comparision. Compare Vista
bloatware with OS X somewhat lean and mean. I would claim that a
Macbook running OS X would be more productive that running bloat-Vista
on a laptop with the same CPU, memory and hard drive as the MacBook.

You also have to look at quality of design, workmanship and parts,
something you cannot do when buying a laptop computer. Hell, you can't
even look under the hood of a laptop. By most accounts, Macbooks have
superior industrial design, the workmanship is quite good, and the parts
are, too. Too much of the Wintel industry has slid downward in quality.

So a Dell notebook "comparable" to a Macbook makes for an interesting
comparison. I think I would NOT start my comparision with a
bottom-of-the-line consumer-oriented Dell (or any other brand name) model.

Geez, maybe I should go write ad copy for Apple... Ben Myers

On Aug 22, 10:12*pm, vbDavidC wrote:
Hello,

I am wondering if I wanted to buy a Dell notebook what could I buy
that is comparable to a Macbook.

My girlfriend has an older Macbook (white 13 inch, she says pre-
SantaRosa) 2.xGHz that she bought a couple of years ago and now she
bought a new Macbook Pro (13 inch) 2.5GHz.

I am wondering ...

http://apcmag.com/dell-adamo-vs-apple-macbook-air.htm

The Dell Adamo is the only thing that comes close to a mac build wise.
It's what there directly targeting against the macbook air. Is it
better?? depends on your taste.