It is a bit disappointing but it is the case for everything. There was a recent onion article about that: http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-14-trillion-s

It is a bit disappointing but it is the case for everything. There was a recent onion article about that: http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-14-trillion-spent-annually-on-trying-to-loo,17125/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-14-trillion-spent-an... Computers are not nearly the worst of it. People would spend much more on a status symbol of a car, or something silly like a handbag. You can just take advantage of the situation by not buying an apple product and getting things done for much cheaper.