I have made negative comments about both but not like those... I think you have someone else in mind or a composite of Freepers that piss on Apple
Apple’s business strategy of not making entry-level/bargain-basement models is actually proven and sound. Hell, it got Packard through the Depression. (Packard died not because of business strategy but because of really horrifically badly conceived and badly timed design decisions, something that Apple doesn’t seem to do.)