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Actually, the Apple hardware and specs are usually better than you can get in a comparable Windows laptop for the same price. The Windows machines are cheaper

Actually, the Apple hardware and specs are usually better than you can get in a comparable Windows laptop for the same price. The Windows machines are cheaper right now only because Apple has gone two and a half years without updating the Macbooks Pro without lowering the prices. Apple does awful things like that sometimes so you have to be careful about what you buy, but you have to be careful with Dell and HP and Lenovo also, so that's not really different. But try finding an equivalent 3lb, silent, big glass reliable touchpad, extra long battery life, solid reliable build, color corrected retina screen laptop with similar specs to the new Macs next week and you'll find Apple has the best prices in the market as usual. --- Plus, as others have mentioned, UNIX is like a smooth creamy dream compared to the droning misery and shocking horrors of Windows.

FireBeyond 10y ago
Even as the owner of a 2015 MBP, hmmm. Dell 13" XPS, i7-7500U, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 3200x1800 display, Thunderbolt 3, glass trackpad, 2.9lb, $1799. MBP 13", i7-5557, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 2560x1600 display, Thunderbolt 2, glass trackpad 3.5lb, $2199. Nearly half the power consumption on the CPU, lighter, $400 cheaper does not make for "Apple has the best prices in the market as usual".
- WildUtah 10y ago
  That MBP is a spring 2014 model that you are comparing against a fall 2016 Dell. It's amazing that the Dell doesn't cost US$1000 less.
  - FireBeyond 10y ago
    You might want to tell Apple, they think they released it in April 2015. Meanwhile as best I can tell, the Dell was out in August of 2016. I have no horse in the race. I'll be upgrading my Mac with another Mac. But it's not Dell's fault Apple has been neglecting its entire computer range: over a year since the last iMac bump, 18 months for the MBA, 2 years for the Mini and nearly 3 years for the Mac Pro (I love how they're still charging full retail for the Pro components, or worse, $280 for 64GB ECC, but $1200 from Apple).
    - WildUtah 10y ago
      The 2015 model was just the 2014 model with a cheaper trackpad.
      - FireBeyond 10y ago
        Now you're just being disingenuous. According to Everymac, the following changes were made: - CPU went from a i7-4578U to a i7-5557U (Haswell to Broadwell) - memory was upgraded from 1600 DDR3L to 1866LPDDR3 - SSD was given extra lanes of PCIe - Iris 5100 went to Iris 6100 - Force Touch - "more advanced", not cheaper - Battery life improvements In fact the summary is that "internally, the 13-Inch "Mid-2014" and "Early 2015" MacBook Pro models have little in common except that both have soldered memory, "blade" SSDs, and batteries that are glued in place." Sources: - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-retina-display-faq/differences-between-macbook-pro-retina-display-13-inch-early-2015.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pr... - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.0-13-mid-2014-retina-display-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macb... - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.1-13-early-2015-retina-display-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macb...

FireBeyond 10y ago

Even as the owner of a 2015 MBP, hmmm. Dell 13" XPS, i7-7500U, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 3200x1800 display, Thunderbolt 3, glass trackpad, 2.9lb, $1799. MBP 13", i7-5557, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 2560x1600 display, Thunderbolt 2, glass trackpad 3.5lb, $2199. Nearly half the power consumption on the CPU, lighter, $400 cheaper does not make for "Apple has the best prices in the market as usual".

WildUtah 10y ago
That MBP is a spring 2014 model that you are comparing against a fall 2016 Dell. It's amazing that the Dell doesn't cost US$1000 less.
- FireBeyond 10y ago
  You might want to tell Apple, they think they released it in April 2015. Meanwhile as best I can tell, the Dell was out in August of 2016. I have no horse in the race. I'll be upgrading my Mac with another Mac. But it's not Dell's fault Apple has been neglecting its entire computer range: over a year since the last iMac bump, 18 months for the MBA, 2 years for the Mini and nearly 3 years for the Mac Pro (I love how they're still charging full retail for the Pro components, or worse, $280 for 64GB ECC, but $1200 from Apple).
  - WildUtah 10y ago
    The 2015 model was just the 2014 model with a cheaper trackpad.
    - FireBeyond 10y ago
      Now you're just being disingenuous. According to Everymac, the following changes were made: - CPU went from a i7-4578U to a i7-5557U (Haswell to Broadwell) - memory was upgraded from 1600 DDR3L to 1866LPDDR3 - SSD was given extra lanes of PCIe - Iris 5100 went to Iris 6100 - Force Touch - "more advanced", not cheaper - Battery life improvements In fact the summary is that "internally, the 13-Inch "Mid-2014" and "Early 2015" MacBook Pro models have little in common except that both have soldered memory, "blade" SSDs, and batteries that are glued in place." Sources: - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-retina-display-faq/differences-between-macbook-pro-retina-display-13-inch-early-2015.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pr... - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.0-13-mid-2014-retina-display-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macb... - http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.1-13-early-2015-retina-display-specs.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macb...