[Swordmaker]

Is that you, Tim Cook? Conveniently overlooking the $700+ iPhone, $2000+ MacBook and the $395-$10,000 watch that runs only 18 hours before having to be recharged?

• Apple iPhone 6 & 6+: unlocked, no contract — $649 to $949
• Sumsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge: unlocked, no contract — $750 to $1070.

Oh, WOW!, the Samsung ANDROID phones are more expensive than the Apple iPhones. Who woulda thought?

• Apple Macbook Pro 13" with 4GB, 2560 X 1600 Display: $1099.
• Dell XPS Non-Touch 13" Laptop with 4GB, 1920 X 1080 display: $1069.
• Apple Macbook Pro 13" with 8GB RAM & Retina 2880 X 1800 Display: $1299.
• Dell XPS Non-Touch 13" Laptop with 8GB, 1920 X 1080 display; $1169.
• Apple Macbook Pro 15" with 16GB RAM & Retina 2880 X 1800 Display, 256GB SSD: $1999.
• Dell XPS Touch 15" with 16 GB RAM & Ultra-High Resolution 3840 X 2160 Display, 1TB HD: $2458.
• Apple Macbook Pro 15" with 16GB RAM & Retina 2880 X 1800 Display, 512GB SSD: $2499.
• Dell XPS Touch 15" with 16 GB RAM & Ultra-High Resolution 3840 X 2160 Display, 1TB HD: $2858.

Oh, WOW, again. The Apple pricing is either competitive or less expensive, when compared to upper tier competition. . . Yet it is the Apple products that are consistently given the nod as the best products in their class. NOT Dell. I was going to do a comparison to Sony Vaio as well, but Sony has announced they've discontinued their computer products.

The fine print: Apple and Dell pricing sampled as of March 14, 2015 from store.Apple.com and Dell.com. Pricing of Dell products added software to Dell Products to approximate software that comes included with Apple Products as best fit possible from Dell options available.

Yes, you can find Android phones, Windows laptops, and wearable devices cheaper than Apple products. . . but you are talking about cheap, commodity, bottom-of-the-barrel products, a market in which Apple simply does not compete, has never competed, and has no intention of competing. They do not want the customers who buy on price only, and don't understand value.

Your watch pricing is also off. The price of the watch starts not at $395, but at $349. . . and the high end goes to $17,000. . . and that 18 hours is with constant usage. The Apple Watch goes to sleep if you are not actively using it or repeatedly checking it every few minutes. . . and will last all day. Most people will have no problem putting it on a MagSafe connector to charge for under an hour daily. . . and before you chime in with another canard, yes, the batteries are replaceable when they wear out.

Why do you delusional Apple haters always have to exaggerate?

[The Sons of Liberty]

I've found that Apple freaks come in two major categories - those that can't grasp the operation of regular PC operating systems and those that crave the "Snob Factor"

I'm very familiar with Apple products. Part of my duties in my last job were to purchase and set up MacBook Pros for our new employees. I've used Apples for a long time. I got an Apple IIe back in '81 and I used a MacBook Pro for several years at my last company. The MacBook cost $2500, and was a good machine, but had major drawbacks mainly because it was often incompatible with connecting to most businesses who use PCs. At the time, we were forced to use Open Office an opensource product, but inferior to even MS Word.

So take your snob crap and your canned Apple sales crap and shove them. Apple products are overpriced.