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I think that you need to revisit your statement that says that Macs are more expensive than PCs. Mac hardware has been is in excess of 95% identical to its PC counterparts since 1996. The only significant differences have been in these areas:

1. The CPU (which is now identical to its PC counterparts)
2. A few ASICs created by Apple (long since gone when Apple
moved to Intel Processors)
3. BIOS is still on PC logic boards.
Intel Macs use EFI. only 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista
and Windows Server 2003+ and some LinUX versions
support EFI on PCs.

When you compare Macs to PCs you need to compare a Mac to an
identically configured PC:

- Intel Core2 Duo T5600, T7200, T8300, T9300 processors with identical
FSB, L2 Cache.
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600MCT graphics card with 512MB
- built in web camera (iSight is on a MacBook Pro)
- On Laptops, same size LCD Displays with support for 1440x900 native
on a 15.5 inch display and support for 1920x1200 native on a 17 inch.

- same number of USB Ports
- same number of Firewire 400 and FireWire 800 ports
- DVI support
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11n (draft)
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

A comparable Dell Studio 15 costs $1600. A comparable Sony Vaio costs a lot more. Apple is definitely in the ballpark on costs.