By-the-way, not too long ago, say about three weeks, I did a comparison of the new Apple Macbook with a Dell laptop that was being offered on their website that was functionally the equivalent. . . same Intel processor, same RAM capacity, same SSD size, same screen size, same weight within reasonable range, etc. The Macbook was ~$50 less expensive. . . but the Mac came with a suite of software including a fully functional office suite, while the Dell came with a load of crap trialware that would have to be either bought or removed. . . which to equal what came free with the Mac, would require expenditures of approximately $400 to match. Now, with Windows 10, you have to subscribe to software such as the DVD player to get even that functionality. Where is the "overpricing"?
When you guys who claim "Apple overprices their products" start comparing Apple products to equivalent quality competitors' products, you might have an argument, but you never do. I have done these comparisons for years here on Freerepublic, and the Apple product, when as closely as possible matched component for component with equivalencies with the mainstream manufacturer PC world is always comparable. . . and then when you add in Apple's software suite, the Mac is considerably better. Add back cost recovery at end of life, and there IS no comparison. The Apple product wins, every time, because the PCs simply do not hold their value. You throw them away when you are done with them, while Apple products can be sold to defray the cost of a new one and often sell for 40%-50% of the cost of the new one, even five or six years down the road.
You have made the same brain dead, BS comparison 1000 times and I have exposed it a 1000x. In the real world 85% of laptop buyers will be happy with a high quality $500 Intel powered laptop like my buddy got a few days ago/////// i5 processor and 8gb memory by Toshiba
Very few need the overspeced overkill of the $2000 Apple and Dell laptops you are comparing. So your comparisons are crap. Utter crap!