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Just pointing out that your view is completely polarized, and plenty of educated people who have a fully sized brain can come to the conclusion that they want a Dell XPS with Pentium Extreme Edition.

I have 2 friend that did just that against my recommendations, both seriously regret their decisions. One bought a high end media center pc and the noise renders it virtually useless as far as he's concerned. The other says his pc sounds like a vacuum cleaner, and the home office is 80 degrees.
We're not talking about marginal differences here. I don't see Dell selling any media centers if Best Buy etc. starts putting the in their sound demo rooms where you can actually hear the noise, instead of out on the floor. Brand image is powerful, but it doesn't negate reality (other than Apple, but that's a cult).