I’d add: “Macs are expensive.” (Corrected version: Apple doesn’t sell cheesy low-end crap.)
>I’d add: “Macs are expensive.” (Corrected version: Apple doesn’t sell cheesy low-end crap.)
They just base their OS in it. (Unix/C/C++)
Buying Apple is a total rip-off for many computer users and I have a good example. I have a friend who has been wanting to get on the internet for a while and do other basic things such as email, writing a letter then printing it and mailing it
So this week we are going to Staples where there is a $300 Compaq desktop. Has 3GB memory and will easily handle whatever he does
He wants a big LCD monitor so we are probably going to get him an Acer 23" LCD for $157
Total bill is $457 and no way Apple can compare to this. What you malign as cheesy is good enuff for most people
Actually his total bill will be $257 because via his credit card he has $200 in Staples gift cards
Apple will never accept gift cards because they are the world's premier floggers of over priced schlock, not Compaq
The anemic MacMini comes with no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor. So if you bought one + an LCD monitor you would be out $800-$900 or so
Macs are expensive, but then so are other high-end PCs. That’s kind of the definition of only playing in the high-end market.
The question is whether they are overpriced, but that is a value judgment to be made personally by every consumer based on what features that consumers sees as worth paying more for. I’ve noticed some here don’t care about things like precision designed and machined aluminum notebook bodies. They think the prevalent standard plastic bodies are just fine. That would make a MacBook pro less valuable to these people.
On the whole though I’d have to say the continued high consumer demand would say they are not overpriced.