| Standard Windows Laptop | Standard Apple Laptop |
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| 4-Year Warranty | Dell Latitude E6530 15 inch, $1,395.59 | Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch, $2,680.48 |
| Processor | 3rd gen Intel Core i7-3520M Processor (2.9GHz, 4M cache, Upgradable to Intel vPro technology), Dell Latitude E (317-9437) | 2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost to 3.3 GHz |
| Hardware Support Services | Complete Care and Accidental Damage Service, (refer to Dell CompleteCare and Accidental Damage PDF) | AppleCare Protection and Accidental Damage Service
(refer to AppleCare and Safeware Accidental Damage PDF) |
| Operating System | Windows 7, Enterprise | Mac OS X v10.7 Lion |
| Memory | 4GB, RAM DDR3 SDRAM (1600MHz) | 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB |
| Hard Drive | 500 GB 7200RPM | 500 GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm |
| Optical Devices | 8xDVD±RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD | Superdrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD ±RW/CD-RW) |
| Color | Brushed Metal Black | Silver |
| Display | LCDs 15.6 LVDS (1366x768) Display | 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display |
| Weight | 5.65 lbs 6-cell | 5.6 lbs |
| Graphics | Intel UMW/NVIDIA 1GB Discrete | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| Camera/Microphone | Built-in camera & Microphone, Light sensitive/Noise Cancelling | Omnidirectional microphone
FaceTime HD camera |
| Ports | Network connector (RJ-45)
USB 3.0 (2) – USB 2.0 (1)
eSATA/USB (1)
54 mm Express Card 7-in-1 card reader
VGA, HDMI headphone/Microphone combo jack | MagSafe power port Gigabit Ethernet port FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps) Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 5 Gbps) Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps) Audio in/out SDXC card slot Kensington lock slot |
| Wireless LAN | BT 4.0, WWAN, LTE 4G, WiFi | Wi-Fi wireless networking3 (based on IEEE 802.11n a/b/g compatible + Bluetooth) |
| Networking | Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T, (Gigabit) Ethernet | Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet |
| Software | Windows 7, MS Office 2010, Adobe Acrobat 10, Java, Symantec Endpoint 12, Internet Explorer, Computrace Theft Recovery | Mac OS X v10.7 Lion, Microsoft Office 2011, Adobe Acrobat 10, Symantec Antivirus, QuickTime, Computrace Theft Recovery |