[TheDopp]

I think Dopp stopped running Windows at Win98. And anyone that believes Mac offers the same bang for your buck is brainwashed.

Studio 15
NEW 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-330M 2.13GHz (3M cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
320GB1 SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
4GB4 Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz


Subtotal $649

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2.26GHz : 250GB MacBook

* 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB DDR3 memory
* 250GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
* Built-in 7-hour battery2
* Polycarbonate unibody enclosure
* $999.00


Must be that awesome SuperDrive!

Fine, I'll bite.

Add Wireless N, a Bluetooth dongle, a battery upgrade (~5 hours standard versus the macs ~7), Roxio Easy CD Creator (covers the cost and SOME of the functionality of iLife, standard on all Macs for $20 off the sticker price of iLife), ignore the fact that it can't do multi-touch on the trackpad and remove the current automatically added coupon ($249) and the price comes out to $1083.
Add (from Apple, playing fair) 2GB more RAM, and upgrade to the 320GB hard drive and the apple machine is $1150.
I admit the i3 edges out the Macs core2duo, but rumors of a refresh to the standard and pro line are flying, and will most likely happen next quarter. So for ~$70 less right now you're getting a laptop with a better processor and an all but equal on-board video card, that weighs a pound more. That's a lot different than the ~$350 difference.