iMac vs. Windows All-in-Ones: Apple Tax or Not?

foreverzero89 said: (...) the 27 inch all in one touch screen apple (...)

What?! Did I miss something?

What versions of Windows came with the non-Apple All-in-Ones? How much did that add to the cost?

Can they be ordered without Windows so I can run Linux instead?

Ok, so now we've covered the hipster alternative notebooks and the grandma space saver PCs. Now do a mid and high en gaming desktop or server computer and thats when the price disparity should show up. Mind you, it is possible to make a much more expensive PC because there are simply more options but you can build an equivalent computer for a good chunk of change less.

Pretty much. Apple don't make high end gaming, so the next comparison would be the Mac Pro...which seems very underwhelming. Xeon W3565 (Bloomfield), 6GB of RAM, 1TB storage and a HD 5770 would set you back $2499
The nearest I could configure a Dell workstation for was $2099 - using the same CPU, 6GB RAM, 1TB, but adding a FirePro V5900 (same basic GPU as the HD 6950 with some shaders shaved off). Start adding some extras to the configuration and the price discrepancy gets larger from there.
If you're doing a not-strictly-apples-to-apples comparison, Dell's XPS 8500 - Core i7 3770 (50-70% more productivity than the W3565) + 12GB RAM + HD 7770 + 2TB storage would run you $1300 . You could add the max warranty and MS Office Pro 2010 and still not break $2K

Give me a quote for an iMac without iOS, how much is iOS worth? Several people have pretty well proven that Apple hardware is overpriced for the technology offered...so the extra cost is for the OS.

@MC_MILO
only problem is that the Windows machines also come with an OS so the extra cost can't be for the OS.

@Guest

"And my 3gs still turns after 2 years the latest iOS!"
Hah good one, it might claim to run the new iOS but it won't have 99% of the features of the new OS and if you are unlucky the new OS will screw you over. On another note I dont get why people are raging over the windows phone 7.8update instead of getting windows phone 8 on older phones. Its just like iOS you only get some of the new features. They shouldve just called it windows phone 8 just like iOS.

Untimely review, with the new iMacs already announced.

The "untimely" review is four and a half months old...if anything is untimely its probably [insert ironic posting reference]