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“Their consumer computers are over priced for the average person.”

I don’t know if I’d say overpriced for the average person. I might say the average person appears to be willing to pay more for a Mac.

It appears to be older people and companies that are locked into certain PC only software that favor PCs.

I’ve used both extensively. I was thrilled when I was able to take the Windows partition off my Mac laptop.

Best to you.

I help run an IT department and cost is the driving factor. Unless there is a need, ie special software, we always opt for a PC. This has been true for me for the past 20/30 years. I can think of only one instance when we had an Apple (a Mac) and that was when we used it to design labels.

Most programs run across multiple platforms so a person is not locked into Apple any longer.

Likewise, as a consumer, I chose the PC because it is the best value and the only reason I purchased an Apple product was because they made and make a really good music player. The complete solution and the bonus is that the consumer is no longer locked into the Apple file formats and DRM.

Your Lamborghini point is interesting and applicable to handhelds — many Lamborghini owners upgrade their “cars” to the newer model simply because they can afford to. And are not unhappy when their old >perfectly fine and working< “car” becomes “obsolete.” Likewise for cellphones. People seem to be okay with upgrading their phones every time a new model is released. Maybe because of incentives from their provider, maybe because it is fun. But it can be costly.

I am a frugal consumer and am always looking for the best value and to me upgrading every revision is foolish.