Mossberg: Dell's XPS One a threat to Apple iMac
Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg has just completed his review of the new Dell XPS One and he seems to think it could be a threat to Apple's iMac. Did Mossberg drink too much egg nog this past Christmas or does a Dell really hold a candle to our beloved iMac?
The XPS One is Dell's answer to the iMac. A sleek, all in one LCD Monitor with CPU stuffed into the back. Critically I would say it was a smart move since Dell isn't able to license Mac OS X. If you can't beat um, join um, or do something similar!
Aside from calling the XPS One "an elegant, handsome, cleverly designed one-piece computer", Mossberg points to some of the features of the XPS One that are non-existent on the iMac: built-in card readers for camera memory cards, wireless mouse and keyboard packaged with the unit, Power off for the monitor only so you don't have to shut down the entire CPU, and side access for headphones and USB jacks. Granted, Apple does sell a bluetooth mouse and sleek keyboard but it's not bundled with the iMac.
Before you think Mossberg has drank the Dell/Microsoft kool-aid, he does give the final hand and recommendation to the iMac stating the superior Mac OS X operating system that is less vulnerable to malicious software and the fact that the iMac is actually cheaper than the XPS One.
"defying popular perception, the iMac costs less than the XPS One. The base, 20-inch iMac costs $1,199 — about $300 less. And even if you double the memory, and add a wireless keyboard and mouse to match the Dell, it’s still $1,399 — $100 less than the base XPS One (though Dell is currently running a sale that wipes out the $100 gap). Even the cheapest iMac has a dedicated video card with its own memory, something the base XPS One lacks."
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