[dennisw]

You apple fanbois are supposed to be so smart yet you always give the same retreaded comparisons. Truth is 90% of buyers will do great with $500 Dell laptop not an overloaded POS Apple lap @1799. Look up the word overkill

[kevkrom]

The 15” MacBook isn’t intended for the part of the market that uses McPCs for email, etc. (in fact, that’s where the tablet market is being pitched instead).

People who need more powerful machines will look to the $1800+ models because they NEED them, whether they’re Apple, Dell, or something else.

[ctdonath2]

I have to wonder why you devote so much time & energy to telling people their preferred computing platform isn’t worth the difference, when obviously so many think it is. The reasoning has been explained to you many many times, yet you reject it and adhere to your own inferior standards, expecting others to do the same.

[Hodar]

Truth is 90% of buyers will do great with $500 Dell laptop not an overloaded POS Apple lap @1799. Look up the word overkill

So, you are now the Overload who gets to dictate what people need? Your name isn't Mooch, is it?

Look at the build quality of any Apple product, and then check out the support after the sale - compare and contrast against the competition. If you would look at the lifespan of your average laptop (~3 yrs) and the average lifespan Apple laptop (>5 yrs), you would see that not only are the Apple laptops better built (more robust, better screen, better keyboard, better battery), upgrading the OSX is like $20 compared to upgrading MSFT (Vista to 7 means >$100).

The resale value of the Apple product line should tell you something. All you have to do is be smart enough to look at the data - and wise enough to disengage your emotions. Look at the facts, stop listening to those voices in your head.

Now, before you go off on an emotional tyrade and accuse me of being a Applefanboy, let's add some cold hard facts. I own exactly 3 apple products: a 10 yr old iPod (still works just fine, in my office right now), the iPhone 4 and the first generation iPad. I have no Macs at home. I have owned 6 Windows PC, and currently have 3 Win7 PC's at home - but after using Win8 on my laptop - I can tell you my next PC will be a Mac.