I should probably back up my "Dell will rip you off" claim. I picked the cheapest laptop I could find from Dell's catalog "As Advertised" section, and compared it to the first close price laptop I could find on Staples.
HP Pavilion DV9540US Notebook PC vs Dell XPS M1330
- Both cost 1,299
- Both use Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250
- HP comes w/ 2 Gigs of memory. Dell only has 1 Gig. I don't have timing info.
- HP comes w/ 240 GB hard drive. Dell only has 120GB. Both are 5400 RPM.
- Dell comes with a 2 Megapixel Webcam
- HP comes with a 17 Inch display. Dell comes with a 13.3 inch display.
- HP comes with Vista Premium. Dell comes with Vista Home.
- HP comes with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS. Dell comes with a Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100.
- HP Comes with an 8-Cell Battery. Dell comes with a 4-Cell Battery.
- Both come with a 1 year warranty.
- Couldn't really get meaningful details on their DVD burners or Sound
Now, I know this is just an anecdotal comparison, but even then... the comparison sides overwhelmingly against Dell. And it's so arbitrarily easy to find examples like this.
