17" laptop
| Dell Inspiron 9400 | Apple MacBook Pro | |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ Duo
Processor T2600 Dual core 2.16 GHz |
Intel® Core™ Duo
Processor T2600 Dual core 2.16 GHz |
| Cache | 2 MB on-chip L2 cache | 2 MB on-chip L2 cache |
| System bus speed | 667 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Type of memory | 667 MHz DDR SRAM | 667 MHz DDR SRAM |
| Video card | NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7800 | ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 |
| Video memory | 256 MB GDDR3 | 256 MB GDDR3 |
| Video bus | PCI Express | PCI Express |
| Display | 17" TFT | 17" TFT |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1680 x 1050 |
| Video out | DVI + S-Video + VGA | DVI |
| Brightness | 185 cd/m2 300:1 contrast ratio |
300 cd/m2 |
| Hard drive | 120 GB 5400 RPM | 120 GB 5400 RPM |
| Hard drive bus | Serial ATA | Serial ATA |
| Optical drive | 8X DVD±RW | 8X DVD±RW |
| USB 2.0 | 6 | 2 |
| Sound | Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy® ADVANCED HD Audio | Yes |
| FireWire 400 | 1 | 1 |
| FireWire 800 | - | 2 |
| Memory reader | 1 detachable | - |
| Express Card/34 slot | - [can fit in the EC/54 slot though] |
1 |
| Express Card/54 slot | 1 | - |
| Modem | 56K | - |
| Ethernet | 100BaseT | 1000BaseT |
| Wireless | 802.11 b/g | 802.11 b/g |
| Bluetooth | 2.0+EDR | 2.0+EDR |
| Size | Height: 1.6
inches Width: 15.5 inches Depth: 11.3 inches |
Height: 1.0 inch Width: 15.4 inches Depth: 10.4 inches |
| Weight | 7.61 lbs | 6.8 lbs |
| Battery | 80 WHr | 68 WHr |
| Software | Windows XP Home, WordPerfect | Mac OS X, AppleWorks, iLife '06 |
| Warranty | 1
year parts and labor 1 year support |
1 year parts and labor 90 days phone support |
| Price (inc. tax and shipping to Redmond, WA) | $1896 | $2894 |
Pricing valid as of 11 AM, April 25, 2006.
Mac pricing courtesy of Amazon.com; includes $150 mail-in rebate. Dell pricing courtesy of http://www.dealnews.com.