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simple things become quite complex.

As Lark explains, Dells considered approach to the enterprise tablet market is far superior to Apples because Dell understands the needs of those customers, who are looking to save as much money as possible. Dell does this bybased on eitheror . Apples device, says Lark, is just too expensive.

An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] youll be at $1500 or $1600; thats double of what youre paying, Lark said. Thats not feasible.

Unfortunately for Lark (and Dell), the cost of an even the most expensive model plus all the peripherals mentioned costs far less than the above estimates.

As Joshua Schnell atpoints out, the cost of the least expensive iPad 2 model (which comes with 16GB of storage, and only supports Wi-Fi connectivity, for the price of $499) plus a wireless keyboard, iPad Dock and the new iPad Smart Cover all adds up to $666.00. Even for the most expensive iPad, which runs $829.00 by itself, the total only comes to $996.

So either Lark is getting severely ripped-off by whatever Apple store employee helped him purchase his iPad, or hes just pulling fake numbers off the top of his head to make his company look better. Either way, it doesnt bode well for Dells tablet future.