[brudgers]

This is a game the pro-Apple press loves to play - cherry pick parts for the PC based upon comparison to the often unique part numbers Apple uses (and which they buy in bulk) and ignore arbitrage.

How much would a MacPro comparable to this Dell cost?

    Dell Precision T7600 
    $12,697.60 
 
    Two Intel® Xeon® Processors E5-2687W (Eight Core, 3.1GHz, 20M, 8.0 GT/s, Turbo+)  
    128GB, DDR3 RDIMM Memory,1600MHz, ECC (8 x 16GB DIMMs)  
    Dual 4.0GB NVIDIA® Quadro® K5000, Dual MON, 2 DP & 1 DVI  
    PERC H310 for Dell Precision, SATA/SAS 6Gb/s, RAID 0/1/5/10 (8 ports)  
    Dual 512GB, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive  
    6X Blu-ray Disc (BD-RE) Burner  
    Speakers Dell AX210 Speakers  
    3 Year ProSupport Service with 3 Year NBD Onsite Service after Remote Diagnosis  
    3 Year Accidental Damage Service

If the rules of the game were reversed, you'd have to buy two 64GB MacPros, an external Blu-Ray burner, and go to a third party for a three year accidental damage contract and a third party for three years of Next Business Day onsite service.