[Mr. Blonde]

Again, other than building it yourself can you show me that other computer makers are so much cheaper?

[Sudetenland]

HOw would I know? I haven't felt the need to buy a computer from a commercial vendor for almost 2 decades. I just know that what I build is the equal of a Mac costing 3+ X as much.

I bought a used G4 one time to see what all the hype was about. It was roughly the equal of my own home build PC but Mac hadn't yet graduated to a two button mouse. The keyboard was also inferior. I played with it for a couple of weeks and found that all the hype was just hype. nothing very impressive about it. Build quality was good, but so are most PC's.

I can build the equivalent for 1/3 the money. That's all I need to know.

As I stated Apple is all about snob appeal and hype...and way over charging the gullible.