High-End Workstation Prices

I've been looking at high-end workstations recently, and it seems like the Mac Pro has finally put an end to the age-old argument that "Macs are too expensive"

Have a look at the following table, where both the Mac Pro configurations really give a good account for themselves - the only differences between the cheaper and the more expensive Mac Pro is the monitor: 23" on the first one and 30" on the second one.

Manufacturer	Workstation Model	CPU Configuration	RAM Configuration	Graphics Accelerator	Hard Drives	Display	Warranty	Operating Systems	Total Cost (ex GST)
Apple	Mac Pro	2 x Dual-Core Xeon 5100 @ 3.0GHz	4GB (8 x 512MB FB-DIMM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB	2 x 250GB 7200 RPM SATA	Apple 23" Cinema HD Display	3 Years Onsite with phone support	Mac OS X and Windows XP SP2	$10,802.00
Dell	Precision 690	2 x Dual-Core Xeon 5100 @ 3.0GHz	4GB (8 x 512MB FB-DIMM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB	2 x 250GB 7200 RPM SATA	Dell 24" UltraSharp LCD	3 Years Onsite with phone support	Windows XP SP2	$11,504.00
Apple	Mac Pro	2 x Dual-Core Xeon 5100 @ 3.0GHz	4GB (8 x 512MB FB-DIMM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB	2 x 250GB 7200 RPM SATA	Apple 30" Cinema HD Display	3 Years Onsite with phone support	Mac OS X and Windows XP SP2	$12,256.00
IBM	IntelliStation Z Pro	2 x Dual-Core Xeon 5100 @ 3.0GHz	4GB (8 x 512MB FB-DIMM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 with 256MB	2 x 73GB 10,000 RPM SAS	IBM 20" TFT LCD	?	Windows XP SP2	$13,002.00
Sun	Ultra 40 Workstation	2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron 280 (2.4GHz)	8GB (4 x 2GB DDR RAM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 with 256MB	2 x 250GB 7200 RPM SATA	Sun 24" TFT LCD	3 Years Onsite with phone support	Solaris 10 and Windows XP SP2	$13,496.00
Hewlett-Packard	HP xw8400 Workstation	2 x Dual-Core Xeon 5100 @ 3.0GHz	4GB (4 x 1GB FB-DIMM)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB	2 x 250GB 7200 RPM SATA	HP L2465 TFT LCD	?	Windows XP SP2	$14,096.00