You may be able to find cheaper Macs but only by a few dollars.
I notice that you do not give any examples of cheaper PC laptops and remember they must be from a major manufacturer.
For instance, I just went over to the Dell site to build a laptop based on the specs below.
I'm not sure if the Centrino Duo is the same as the Duo in the Mac but...
Cost of Dell XPS M1710 with XP Pro, 2Ghz Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB HD is $3539
Cost of Apple MacBook Pro 17" with OS X, 2.16 Cor Duo (they don't do a 2.0Ghz hence my Centrino question), 2GB RAM, 120GB Serial HD, is $3539.
The Mac also has IEEE1394, wireless and Bluetooth built-in.
It is also lighter, thinner and a whole bunch better looking.
Now that's just a quick look around at a major supplier.
It would seem to me that the Mac was $440 cheaper, has a much better OS and a superb suite of included applications. There is alos no requirement to fork out for AV software and subscriptions.
Of course, it all depends on what you want, how high (or low) your standards are and what you are prepared to settle for.
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I have been seriously thinking about getting a Mac lately, because I really like its operating system and its supposed to have better hardware. But before, I was hesitant to do that, since you couldn't run as much software on it as you could on Windows PCs. However, now that they released Macs with OS X on Intel processors, I could just use boot camp to install a Windows partition on the Mac as well. But when I checked the Apple website, I checked the prices for their laptops, and they are all so expensive. Many people say that Macs are much cheaper in comparison to pc's, but I don't see how that's true. I was mainly looking for a Pentium Core Duo processor at 2.0 ghz, around 100 gb HD, 2 GB RAM, and DVD RW among other specifications. Are there any other sellers or any places where I can find Mac's that are cheaper?

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