Who's going to pay $50,000 for a new Dell computer?
Who do those people think they are, Apple?
$50,000 with 192 GB of RAM!
There is no way that Dell can charge that much for a new PC. Doesn't
Dell understand that this is a down economy and people would rather buy
a netbooks that cost less than $300?
The whole idea is crazy.
When did Dell start selling $50,000 computers?
ZDNet has an article, Dell Offers PC that
Packs 192 GB of DDR3 RAM [Not a Typo], about a new Dell workstation
that can hold 12 sticks of 16 GB DDR3 RAM. When they did the math to
fully load up on memory, they came up with the $50,000 price.* Of
course, it's not likely that many people will buy it fully loaded, but
the possibility exits.
My question: For $50,000, would it make a good gaming platform, or
would a $999 PC beat it (see The $999 PC That
Out-gunned the Mac Pro)?
Then again, if you can afford $50,000 for a PC, why not spend a
little extra to get a good video card?
Sometimes people like to make crazy comparisons. It should be easy
to see that comparing the price of a high-end workstation to a netbook
or gaming PC is ridiculous, but that hasn't stopped anyone from making
other equally silly comparisons.
Always take off-kilter comparisons with at least a grain of salt. It
is likely that hidden in there are a few details that can help explain
the difference. 
* Dell doesn't actually sell such high capacity RAM.
While the Dell Precision T7500 supports up to 192 GB of RAM, the most
Dell will sell you is 4 GB. The computer starts at $1,800 with a
1.86 GHz dual-core Xeon E5502 CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 80 GB SATA hard drive
(the $599 Mac mini has 120 GB), Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 graphics,
DVD-ROM, Windows Vista Business, and no monitor. Based on 192 GB
of RAM selling for $40,000 plus Dell's typical markup, they came up
with the $50,000 figure.
